Bakhtegan

Bakhtegan, or NIRIS, a salt-lake in the Persian province of Farsistan, 47 miles E. of Shiraz. Lying 5100 feet above the sea, it extends 74 miles south-eastward, and varies in width between $4\backslash frac\{1\}\{3\}$ and $13\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles. It largely dries up in summer, when its bed yields very fine salt.