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    In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to...
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    The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second...
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    The Western Desert language, or Wati, is a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages in the Pama–Nyungan family. The name Wati tends to be used...
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  • The Western Desert is part of the Sahara Desert in Egypt, west of the River Nile. Western Desert may also refer to: Western Desert (Iraq), part of the...
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    The Western Desert Force (WDF) was a British Army formation active in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. On 17 June 1940...
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    A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation...
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    and western Iraq. It accounts for approx. 85% of the land area of Jordan and 55% of Syria. To the south, it borders and merges into the Arabian Desert. The...
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    Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the Western...
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    The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the...
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    The Western Desert cultural bloc (also capitalised, abbreviated to WDCB, or just Western Desert) is a cultural region in central Australia covering about...
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    it is practically desert. Collectively known as the Great Australian desert, they are primarily distributed throughout the Western Plateau and interior...
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    physical regions: Nile Valley and Nile Delta Western Desert (from the Nile west to the Libyan border) Eastern Desert (extends from the Nile Valley all the way...
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  • Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative work with the Western Desert Art Movement, popularly referred...
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    eastern Libya and western Egypt. Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens of square kilometers. The origin of desert glass is uncertain...
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    World War, during and after the North African Campaign. As used in the Western Desert campaign, the Benghazi burner itself consisted of a single empty steel...
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    (10ª Armata) ended border skirmishing on the frontier and began the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) proper. The Italian strategy was to advance from...
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    small western portions of Nuevo León. With an area of about 501,896 km2 (193,783 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in North America. The desert is fairly...
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    insignia giving rise to the nickname Desert Rats. The division fought in most of the major battles of the Western Desert campaign, was then engaged in the...
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    The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion, located in the northeast of Western Australia straddling the Pilbara and southern Kimberley...
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  • Ice Cold in Alex is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Landon...
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    The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of...
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  • The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), is a species of taipan that was described in 2007 by Australian researchers...
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    largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Tanezrouft – a desert covering...
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    Chukka boot (redirect from Desert boots)
    Generally, "chukka boot" refers to a form of desert boots originally worn by British soldiers in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. Chukkas are usually...
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    include the Sahara Desert in North Africa, the Australian Desert in Western and Southern Australia, Arabian Desert and Syrian Desert in Western Asia, the Kalahari...
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    The Gibson Desert is a large desert in Western Australia, largely in an almost pristine state. It is about 155,000 square kilometres (60,000 sq mi) in...
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  • are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Western Desert cultural bloc resident in land extending from Western Australia to the west of South Australia...
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    The Little Sandy Desert (LSD) is a desert region in the state of Western Australia, lying to the east of the Pilbara and north of the Gascoyne regions...
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    Pelusium Fort, Tharu city fortifications. Siwa Oasis fortification, Western desert of Egypt Qasr Allam fort The ancient castle at Buhen Fort of Kubban...
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    Sahara (redirect from Sahara desert)
    including the western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains, the Ténéré desert, and the Libyan Desert. For several...
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