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RECORDS GUINNES OF PLACES
THE HOTTEST DESERT IN THE WORLD
the hottest deser in the gorld is: the desert dasht -e lut
LOCATION: THE DESERT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST OF IRAN
Dasht-e-Lut is one of the largest desert basins, 480 km long and 320 km wide, 2
Dasht-e-Lut has an area of ​​about 51,800 km²
A NASA satellite documented surface temperatures in the Dasht-e-Lut of up to 71 ° C, 3 the highest temperature ever documented on the surface of the Earth.
The eastern part of Dasht-e-Lut is a low plateau covered with salt flats. In contrast, the center has been sculpted by the wind in a set of ridges and parallel grooves, which extend along 150 km and reach 75 m high
The desert of Lut, or Dasht-e-Lut (in Persian:: دشت لوت, that means "desert of the emptiness"), is a great salty desert located in the Iranian plateau, in the southeast of Iran.
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