<P> Dasht - e Kavir ( Persian : دشت كوير ‎ , lit . ' Low Plains ' in classical Persian , from khwar ( low ) , and dasht ( plain ) , flatland ) , also known as Kavir - e Namak ( lit . ' salty lowlands ' ) and the Great Salt Desert , is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian plateau . It is about 800 - kilometre - long ( 500 mi ) by 320 - kilometre - wide ( 200 mi ) with a total surface area of about 77,600 km ( 30,000 sq mi ) , making it the Earth 's 26th largest desert . The area of this desert stretches from the Alborz mountain range in the north - west to the Dasht - e Lut in the south - east . It is partitioned among the Iranian provinces of Khorasan , Semnan , Tehran , Isfahan and Yazd </P>
<P> Dasht - e Kavir ( Persian : دشت كوير ‎ , lit . ' Low Plains ' in classical Persian , from khwar ( low ) , and dasht ( plain ) , flatland ) , also known as Kavir - e Namak ( lit . ' salty lowlands ' ) and the Great Salt Desert , is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian plateau . It is about 800 - kilometre - long ( 500 mi ) by 320 - kilometre - wide ( 200 mi ) with a total surface area of about 77,600 km ( 30,000 sq mi ) , making it the Earth 's 26th largest desert . The area of this desert stretches from the Alborz mountain range in the north - west to the Dasht - e Lut in the south - east . It is partitioned among the Iranian provinces of Khorasan , Semnan , Tehran , Isfahan and Yazd </P>
where is the great salt desert located on a map
where is the great salt desert located on a map
in the middle of the Iranian plateau from the Alborz mountain range in the north - west to the Dasht - e Lut in the south - east partitioned among the Iranian provinces of Khorasan , Semnan , Tehran , Isfahan and Yazd
in the middle of the Iranian plateau from the Alborz mountain range in the north - west to the Dasht - e Lut in the south - east partitioned among the Iranian provinces of Khorasan , Semnan , Tehran , Isfahan and Yazd