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Arabian Desert, great desert region of extreme southwestern Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula. It is the largest desert area on the continent—covering an area of about 900,000 square miles—and the second largest on Earth, surpassed in size only by the Sahara, in northern Africa.
The Arabian Desert (Arabic: ٱلصَّحْرَاء ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة) is a vast desert wilderness in West Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula with an area of 2,330,000 square kilometers (900,000 sq mi). [3] It stretches from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq.
Spanning 2.3 million sq km, the Arabian Desert is among the world’s largest continuous sand deserts, encompassing Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, and Jordan. Discover intriguing details about this vast sandy and rocky landscape in this article.
The Arabian Desert encompasses almost the entire Arabian Peninsula, blanketing the area in sandy terrain and seasonal winds. Encompassing almost 900,000 square miles (2,330,000 sq km), the Arabian Desert contains Rub'al-Khali, one of the world's largest continuous bodies of sand in the world.
The Arabian Desert, encompassing a vast swathe of the Arabian Peninsula, is a land of stark beauty and captivating mystery. This immense arid region, roughly the size of Western Europe, stretches across parts of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, and Jordan.
Arabian Desert, Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq km), occupying nearly the entire peninsula. It lies largely within Saudi Arabia but large portions extend into Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen.
A small cluster of broad transverse dunes has formed on the south coast east of the port of Aden. Arabian Desert - Sand, Rocks, Climate: The Arabian Desert consists of two major regions. The first, the ancient Arabian platform (a segment of the African Shield), is in the west.
A compilation of some interesting facts about the Arabian Desert — the second largest desert in the world — intended to shed light on its geographical and biological attributes, both of which are quite intriguing in themselves.
A map displaying the location of the Arabian Desert. The Arabian Desert occupies nine countries, including all of Qatar and Kuwait, most of the United Arab Emirates to the west, as well as the grandest landmass on the peninsula, Saudi Arabia.
Arabian Desert Facts. The Arabian Desert covers an area of approximately 900,000 sq. mi. which is over four times the area of France, western Europe’s largest country. It is the second largest desert in the world with only the Sahara being larger.