Dashti Margo
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Dashti Margo (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 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. Dashti means a plot of arable land in Persian.
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