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    Erg Chebbi (Arabic: عرق الشبي) is one of Morocco's several ergs – large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand. It is located on the far western edge...
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    the largest and still untouched of the major ergs in Morocco; the other is Erg Chebbi near Merzouga. This erg made of beautiful sand dunes is located in...
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    its proximity to Erg Chebbi and is a popular destination for tourists. It has been described as "a desert theme park" and the Erg Chebbi as "a wonderland...
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    An erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes) is a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative...
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    is a species of huntsman spider indigenous to the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco. If provoked or threatened it can escape by doubling...
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    Khamlia is small village located on the edge of sand dunes of Erg Chebbi in southeast Morocco near the Algerian border. The village is also called the...
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    Hamada (redirect from Hamada and erg desert)
    boulders rather than as highland plateaus. Hamadas exist in contrast to ergs, which are large areas of shifting sand dunes. Hammada, a genus of flowering...
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    located near Erfoud. It is the closest town of significant size to the Erg Chebbi, the largest sand desert in Morocco. Its population in 2004 was 20,469...
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    Khamlia hold their annual festival in August at the village of Khamlia in Erg Chebbi. Finally there is also a special tribe inside Gnawa called Ganga. The...
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    of Desertification in the world. The performance was in front of the Erg Chebbi Dunes of Merzouga, in the Sahara. A free event, it was attended by about...
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    Western Sahara) Erg Taokest Morocco Erg Chebbi Erg Chigaga Erg Znaigui Erg Tinfou Erg Ezzahar Erg Lihoudi Erg Mghiti Erg Smar Erg Jerboia Erg Zemoul Namibia...
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    Hay el Hamri. Due to its proximity to Merzouga desert village in the Erg Chebbi Dunes, Erfoud has developed tourist-related infrastructures such as hotels...
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  • He also led regular camel treks for Exodus in the Hammada du Draa and Erg Chebbi, Morocco, from 2001 to 2010. In 2008, Asher returned to Darfur, western...
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    Landscape of the Erg Chebbi...
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    Mercedes-Benz Unimog in the Dunes of Erg Chebbi in Morocco. The vehicle's portal gear axles provide high ground clearance....
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    the Unimog 437 (U 4000) Unimog S404 used as mobile home in the Dunes of Erg Chebbi in Morocco. Note the high ground clearance due to portal gear axles Unimogs...
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  • The village is located on the bottom of Erg Chebbi, a Saharan erg in southeast Morocco near the Algerian border. The most well-known nearby village is...
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    Erg Chebbi, Morocco...
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    29 June) to Marrakech, passing through the Tafilalt, the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, the valley of the Dades with the majestic gorges of the Todra, Warzazat...
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    Niger River Erg Aoukar in southeastern Mauritania extending into Mali Erg Chech in southwestern Algeria and northern Mali Erg Chebbi and Erg Chigaga in...
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  • Mercedes-Benz Unimog in the Dunes of Erg Chebbi in Morocco. Note the high ground clearance due to Portal gear axles...
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  • Takoujt village is located on the bottom of Erg Chebbi, a Saharan erg in southeast Morocco near the Algerian border. Its most well known nearby village...
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  • Merzouga. Most people are here to take a camel safari into the dunes of Erg Chebbi, and to get a taste of remote (tourism-influenced) Berber life. Winter...
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  • Tanamoust is located at the bottom of Erg Chebbi, a Saharan erg in southeast Morocco near the Algerian border. It most famous well known nearby village...
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    Missouri Review and Chariton Review. His short story collection, Night in Erg Chebbi and Other Stories (University of Iowa Press 2015, ISBN 978-1609383831)...
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    Spotted sandgrouse in the desert at Erg Chebbi...
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  • Matthew Lansburgh 2016: November Storm by Robert Oldshue 2015: Night in Erg Chebbi and Other Stories by Edward Hamlin 2014: The Lovers Set Down Their Spoons...
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    Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia and the Western Sahara. In the areas of Erg Chebbi and M’hamid of Southern Morocco it is found together with Acanthodactylus...
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