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The Arabian Desert has a subtropical, hot desert climate, similar to the climate of the Sahara Desert (the world's largest hot desert). The Arabian Desert is actually an extension of the Sahara Desert over the Arabian peninsula. The climate is mainly dry. Most areas get around 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain per year. Unlike the Sahara Desert—more ...
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 [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. The desert covers some 650,000 km 2 (250,000 sq mi) (the area of long. 44°30′−56°30′E, and lat. 16 ...
Tihamah Desert The highest point in the Arab world is in Morocco called Jbel Toubkal , standing 4,165m tall, making it the 40th highest place on earth, and 6th in Africa , [ 3 ] next comes Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb (at 3,666 m (12,028 ft)) [ 3 ] in Yemen and Cheekha Dar (at 3,611 m (11,847 ft)) [ 4 ] in Iraq .
Satellite view of Al-Dahna desert A caravan in Ad-Dahnā'. Ad-Dahna Desert is the central division of the Arabian Desert. [1] It is a corridor of sandy terrain forming a bow-like shape that connects an-Nafud desert in the north to Rub' al-Khali desert in the south.
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, ... Arabian Desert (Middle East) 2,330,000 899,618 6 Gobi Desert (Asia) 1,295,000
The Saudi Arabian coastline has a combined length of 2,640 km (1,640 mi) ... the largest contiguous sand desert in the world. It slopes from about 800 m (2,600 ft ...
Rank Name Type Image Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Location [note 1] Nation(s) 1: Antarctic Desert: Polar ice and tundra: 14,200,000 [1]: 5,482,651: Antarctica: N/A 2: Arctic Desert: Polar ice and tundra