What is Registan Desert?
The '''Registan Desert''', also known as '''Rigestan Desert''', is a [[desert]] in [[Afghanistan]]. It is between [[Helmand Province|Helmand]] and [[Kandahar]] provinces in southwestern Afghanistan. It is a sandy desert with small, red sandhills about {{convert|50|to|100|ft}} high, plains that are covered with sand, and open rocky and clay areas. There are a few [[Baloch people|Baluchi]] and [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] [[nomad]]s there. The desert is starting to go over surrounding agricultural areas.<ref>http://forums.hypography.com/archive/t-10758.html{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Science Forums article, March 14, 2007</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Afghanistan]] [[Category:Deserts of Asia]]