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A dust storm over the Tripolitania region of Libya. Over 90% of Libya is desert. Area: Total: 1 759 540 km 2 Land: 1 759 540 km 2 Water: 0 km 2 Area - comparative: Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, seven times the size of the United Kingdom, and slightly larger than Alaska.
Libya comprises three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million km 2 (700,000 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. [7] Libya claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat.
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The ancient Greeks, such as Herodotus, regarded the whole of the North African littoral, to Cape Spartel in Morocco, as "Libya". Later, the Romans organized the region the provinces of Libya Inferior and Libya Superior, which covered western Egypt and Cyrenaica. Thus the "Libyan Desert" was the desert to the south of Ancient Libya.
Libya flooding: With a death toll that has surpassed 6,000, recovering the bodies of flood victims on both land and sea has become an urgent problem. After Libya flooding, retrieving the dead ...
An enlargeable topographic map of Libya. Geography of Libya. Libya is: a country; Location Libya is situated within the following regions: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Africa. North Africa; Sahara Desert; Greater Middle East; Time zone: Central Africa Time ; Extreme points of Libya High: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m (7,438 ft)