Kavir National Park

Iran / Semnan / Garmsar /
 nature conservation park / area, national park
Kavir (Desert) National Park (Persian: پارک ملی کویر) is a 400,000-hectare (1,000,000-acre) protected ecological zone in northern Iran. The park is located 120 kilometers south of Tehran and 100 kilometers east of Qom, and it sits on the western end of one of Iran’s two major deserts, the Dasht-e Kavir (Sand Desert).
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The park encompasses landscapes of desert and steppes, and is sometimes known as "Little Africa," for its safari-like wildlife, including native goats, sheep, hyenas, wolves, gazelles, leopards, Persian Panther and the rare Asiatic Cheetah. The later, also known as the Iranian Cheetah is a rare critically endangered subspecies of the Cheetah found only in Iran. Asiatic Cheetah is now on the verge of extinction, as only 60 to 100 are estimated to exist, of which about 10 cheetahs lives in this area.
Typically, the area receives around 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain a year, most of which falls between November and May. The vegetation in the region is adapted to drought and salty soils. To retain water and combat grazing by animals some plants grow leaves with thorns, much like thorn trees and bushes found in Africa desert landscapes.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavir_National_Park
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Coordinates:   34°35'48"N   52°30'15"E

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  • polygon by shbn.
  • Almost exact outline!