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Dasht-e Margo (Persian language: دشت مارگو), also Dasht-e Mārgow or Dasht-e Margoh, is a desert region in the southern provinces of Nimruz Province and Helmand Province in Afghanistan. The desert is adjacent to the Dasht-e Khash and Registan Desert. It is the world's 20th largest desert at about 150,000 km2 in area with an elevation of 500–700 meters above sea level. The desert consists mainly of and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases.
The desert's name means "Desert of Death" in Dari language, with dasht meaning "plain" and margo meaning "death".
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