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The Eastern Desert (known archaically as Arabia or the Arabian Desert [1] [2]) is the part of the Sahara Desert that is located east of the Nile River.It spans 223,000 square kilometres (86,000 sq mi) of northeastern Africa and is bordered by the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea to the east, and the Nile River to the west.
The Rub' al-Khali desert is a sedimentary basin stretching along a south-west to north-east axis across the Arabian Shelf. [5] At an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), rock landscapes yield to the Rub' al-Khali, a vast stretch of sand whose extreme southern point crosses the center of Yemen.
Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of the Arabian Peninsula; Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a desert in north-central Yemen; Wahiba Sands – a desert covering great parts of Oman Aerial view of Negev; Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank; Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
The Syrian Desert (Arabic: بادية الشام Bādiyat Ash-Shām), also known as the North Arabian Desert, [1] the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, [2] is a region of desert, semi-desert, and steppe, covering about 500,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of West Asia, including parts of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq.
The Hilton Salwa Resort, one of the largest resort complexes in the Middle East, appeared in 2021, complete with its own theme park, on a remote shoreline close to the border with Saudi Arabia.
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The Rub' al Khali [note 1] (/ ˈ r ʊ b æ l ˈ k ɑː l i /; [1] Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي, [ar.rʊbʕ‿al.χaːliː]) or Empty Quarter is a desert [2] encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula.
Sharqi (seasonal dry, dusty Middle Eastern wind coming from the south and southeast) Simoom (Samiel) (strong, dry, desert wind that blows in Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the desert of Arabia) Wind of 120 days (a four-month-long hot and dry wind over the Sistan Basin in Iran and Afghanistan)