Lut Desert (the vicinity of Shahdad)

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The big desert of lut with the area of 5400 km2 is situated in the east and southeast of

Iran .In a major part of this desert, there is no animal andvegetable life of any kind.The very

beautiful and typical phenomenaabound in this desert. This desert has a few universally uniquespecifications. Due to its vastness only a part of this area (in thevasinity of the historical city of shahdad), that includes the most ofits phenomena is taken in to consideration.

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Lut desert Due to the rough environmental conditions and the limitedfacilities of life is almos

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Lut desert Due to the rough environmental conditionsand the limited facilities of life is almost deserted. Also, because oflimited number of roads passing through, the problems and difficultiesof urban development resulting from civil industrial activities do notface it and it is perfectly intact and virgin. Its natural and variousphenomena have remained intact since far years and it is the onlynatural changes which lives their usual effect on this desert.

Comparison with other similar properties

Lut enjoys 3 probably 4 universal records:

• The longest widespread system of yardangs in the world (120 km long in 80 km wide).
• The tallest sand pyramid of the world (nearly 500 M high)
• The hottest point of the world (based on the studies on the satellite images and data).
• The biggest nebkas in the world (most probably)