Dasht-i-Kavir

/ ˌdæʃtiːkæˈvɪə /

noun

1. Also called: Kavir Desert. a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust

Example Sentences

A railroad is stretching out across the treacherous Dasht-i-Kavir Desert, once traversed only by spice caravans from the Orient.

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They are both situated on the confines of two extensive deserts, the Dasht-i-Kavir and the Dash-i-Lut, which, to the north, cover an area of over five hundred miles, and which are separated by a chain of rocky mountains through which the caravans trace their way with difficulty.

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