![]() ![]() Heavy storms frequently occur and they can cause sand hills reaching up to 40 m in height. The high temperatures and low humidity cause extreme vaporization, which leaves the marshes and mud grounds with large crusts of salt. The desert soil is covered with sand and pebbles there are marshes, seasonal lakes and seasonal river beds. Usually more elevated areas in Dasht e Kavir have a cold desert climate (BWk) while less elevated areas have a hot desert climate (BWh). The weather can get quite cold during the nighttime in winter, routinely dropping to below 0 ☌ (0 ☏) in some areas. Daytime and nighttime temperatures can vary by as much as 70 ☌ (130 ☏) over the course of a year. However, there is usually some rainfall in winter, as well as the mountains that surround it, provide plenty of runoff-enough to create vast seasonal lakes, marshlands and playas. One of the most desolate parts of Dasht-e Kavir is the Rig-e Jenn (‘ Dune of the Jinn’).Ĭlimate and structure Map of biotopes of Iran, showing location of Dasht-e Kavir (beige oval at right center).ĭasht-e Kavir's has an arid climate with little precipitation. It is part of a 4,000 km 2 (1,500 sq mi) protected ecological zone, the Kavir National Park. It contains some large salt plates in a mosaic-like shape. In the western part of the desert lies the Daryahcheh-e Namak ("salt lake"), 1,800 km 2 (690 sq mi). In the center of the desert lies the Kavir Buzurg (Great Kavir), which is about 320 km long and 160 km (99 mi) wide. It is partitioned among the Iranian provinces of Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran, Isfahan and Yazd. 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 about 800 kilometres (500 mi) long by 320 kilometres (200 mi) wide with a total surface area of about 77,600 km 2 (30,000 sq mi), making it the world's 24th largest desert. 'salty lowlands') and the Great Salt Desert, is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau. RELATED ARTICLE: The Burning of the Earth: How Climate Change Impacts the World FiresĬheck out more news and information on Environment & Climate in Science Times.34☄4′15.2″N 54☄9′37.56″E / 34.737556°N 54.8271000☎ / 34.737556 54.8271000ĭasht-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. But on the other hand, David Mildrexler of the conservation organization Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands said that the data reveals an impressive cooling effect of forests that could inspire urban planners in creating greener and cooler housing environments.Īside from identifying the hottest spot on Earth, the researchers also identified Antarctica as the coldest place on the planet with -199 degrees Fahrenheit (-110.9 degrees Celsius). Moreover, the magazine reported that higher temperatures are pushing desert creatures to their edge of heat tolerances. In addition, Science Magazine reported that Sonoran's highs coincided with La Niña, a climate condition wherein cooler surface temperatures are experienced in the central Pacific Ocean and features drier conditions. ![]() Researchers are not sure whether climate change has any effect on the high temperatures on the Lut Desert and the Sonoran Desert which are both warmer than Death Valley.īut researchers noted that the hottest temperatures in the two deserts were only recorded in more recent years. Iran's Lut Desert is surrounded by mountains that trap the warm air, which makes the temperatures of the valley hotter. Researchers believe that the actual temperature of the desert could be ten degrees hotter than was previously recorded by the NASA satellite software that helped them determine land temperatures.ĪLSO READ: 2020 Possibly the Hottest Year Ever Despite Air Pollution Decline Due to COVID-19 - NOAAĬould Climate Change Have Caused Temperatures to Soar High in Lut Desert? Due to the high temperature of the area, life struggles to exist, hence it is also known as the "Plain of Emptiness" (Emptiness Plain). A recent study, entitled " Global Patterns of Hottest, Coldest and Extreme Diurnal Variability on Earth" published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, explains how high-resolution satellite data from the past two decades can prove the two regions as hotter than the Death Valley.īetween the Lut Desert and the Sonoran Desert, the former is hotter which means that Lut Desert holds the crown for the world's hottest land surface temperature based on the satellite data from 20, The Sun reported.Īccording to the news outlet, the black rocks in Lut Desert tend to get the hottest, and heat is trapped by its mountains. ![]()
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