Dasht-e Margo

Dashti Margo (دشت مارگو) (Dasht-e Mārgow, Dasht-e Margoh, or Margow Desert) is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. The desert is adjacent to the Khash Desert and Rigestan. The area is about 150,000 km²; the elevation is some 500–700 m. The desert consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rare oases. Dasht means plain in the local language.

External links

• Afghanistan map
• The Integration of Biodiversity into National Environmental Assessment Procedures