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The '''Great Kavir''' (Kaveer meaning "wasteland" in Arabic) is a desert spanning across [[Battganuur]], [[Bulkh]], [[Pursat]], and [[Umardwal]] in [[Daria]], [[Audonia]]. Some 5,000 years ago, the area was not so arid and the vegetation might have been closer to a {{wp|savanna}}. However, desertification set in around 3000 BCE, and the desert became much like it is today. The Great Kavir is mainly rocky stone plateaus ({{wp|hamada}}); sand seas – large areas covered with {{wp|sand dunes}} ({{wp|ergs}}); gravel plains ({{wp|reg}}); dry valleys ({{wp|wadi}}); dry lakes ({{wp|Dry lake|oued}}); and salt flats ({{wp|Salt pan (geology)|shatt or chott}}). | The '''Great Kavir''' (Kaveer meaning "wasteland" in Arabic) is a desert spanning across [[Battganuur]], [[Bulkh]], [[Pursat]], and [[Umardwal]] in [[Daria]], [[Audonia]]. Some 5,000 years ago, the area was not so arid and the vegetation might have been closer to a {{wp|savanna}}. However, desertification set in around 3000 BCE, and the desert became much like it is today. The Great Kavir is mainly rocky stone plateaus ({{wp|hamada}}); sand seas – large areas covered with {{wp|sand dunes}} ({{wp|ergs}}); gravel plains ({{wp|reg}}); dry valleys ({{wp|wadi}}); dry lakes ({{wp|Dry lake|oued}}); and salt flats ({{wp|Salt pan (geology)|shatt or chott}}). | ||