10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DASHT-I-KAVIR»
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The Dasht-i Kavir is a vast salt marsh covering almost one quarter of central Iran.
Located southeast of Tehran, the Dasht-i Kavir is uninhabited due to the jagged
crust of salt which forms atop the slimy marshland, and the impenetrable winter ...
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A Desert Calling: life in a forbidding landscape
Iran is mostly a desert country, and the northwestern desert is called the Dasht-i-
Kavir (dasht means desert and kavir refers to the vast salt flat that lies within that
particular desert). The Dasht-i-Kavir is a desert where few trees grow and looks ...
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Persia and the Persian Question. In Two Volumes. Volume 2.:
Of these deserts,the more northerly, extending from33to86 north latitude, and
from 52to57east longitude, isthat generally known as the GreatSalt Desert, or
Dasht-i-Kavir. The secondor southerly, extending from29 ̊to 32 ̊north latitude, ...
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The Cambridge History of Iran
Part of the north-eastern segment of the Dasht-i-Kavir may be under water during
the entire year. A dense network of valleys around the Dasht-i-Kavir, together
with recently formed talus that is now covered by rainwater runnels or worked
over ...
estimate that the domes cover 1% or less of the land surface of Iran, but are
responsible for salinity problems in about 7% of the nation. Krinsley (1970) noted
the presence of white salts and black salts on the surface of soils of the Dasht-i-
Kavir.
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Persia and the Persian Question. Volume 1:
In contrast to this almost Alpine scenery, the Dasht-i-Kavir, or Great Salt Desert of
Persia, one of the most strange and funereal scenesupon which ever fell the
eyeofman, lays itspalsied hand acrossthe middle part. Thentowards the south-
east ...
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Persia and the Persian Question: Volume One
In contrast to this almost Alpine scenery, the Dasht—i-Kavir, or Great Salt Desert
of Persia, one of the most strange and funereal scenes upon which ever fell the
eye of man, lays its palsied hand across the middle part. Then towards the ...
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Global Agenda for Livestock Research: Proceedings of a ...
Two great deserts extend over much of central Iran, the Dasht-i-Lut, which is
covered largely with sand and rocks, and the Dasht-i-Kavir, which is covered
mainly with salt. Both are inhospitable and virtually uninhabited. In winter and
spring, ...
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Sheikh's Castaway (Mills & Boon Desire) (Sons of the Desert: ...
From there I made my way through the Dasht-i Kavir, and after great struggles
found my way to Zanzibar. From there I went to Bokhara, and thence to
Samarkand. From Samarkand through the mountains, I made my way to the
shores of the ...
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The Ancient Arabs: Nomads on the Borders of the Fertile ...
... of Esarhaddon therefore cannot be identified with similarly named places east
of the Tigris or northwest of Assyria,470 nor located in Dasht-i Kavir in Iran,471
and consequently must be sought in the Arabian peninsula or the Syrian desert.
