Dasht-e Margo (Persian: دشت مارگو), also Dasht-e Mārgow or Dasht-e Margoh, is a desert region in the southern provinces of Nimruz and Helmand in Afghanistan.^[1] 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 sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases.

The desert's name means "Desert of Death"^[2] in Dari, with dasht meaning "plain" and margo meaning "death"^{[citation needed]}.

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• The Integration of Biodiversity into National Environmental Assessment Procedures at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2004-07-03)

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