The Rub' al Khali (/ˈrʊb æl ˈkɑːli/; Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (/ar.rubʕ alxaːliː/), the 'Empty Quarter', is the sand desert (erg) encompassing most...
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Ramlat Khaliya (redirect from Rub Al-Khali (Empty Quarter) entry point)
known as Ramlat Khaliya entry point on the Omani side of the border and Rub Al-Khali entry point on the Saudi Arabian side of the border. The establishment...
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The Rub' al Khali Basin (ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي) or ar-Rubʻ al-Khālī / ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī Basin, Arabic for "Empty Quarter Basin", is a major endorheic sedimentary...
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Atlantis of the Sands (section Rub' al-Khali)
explorer Bertram Thomas had been approaching the southern edge of the Rub' al Khali ("The Empty Quarter"). It was Thomas' ambition to be the first European...
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Ad-Dahna Desert (redirect from Al-Dahna)
forming a bow-like shape that connects an-Nafud desert in the north to Rub' al-Khali desert in the south. Its length is more than 1,000 km (620 mi) siding...
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Liwa Oasis (redirect from Al Liwa Oasis)
(93 mi) southwest of the city of Abu Dhabi, on the northern edge of Rub' al Khali desert. It is centered around 23°08′N 53°46′E / 23.133°N 53.767°E...
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Nepal The Great Khali, an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and former powerlifter Rub' al Khali, a large desert in Arabia Simbi Khali, born April 28...
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Arabia's Rub' al Khali ("Empty Quarter") in 1932. The vast desert wasteland of southern Saudi Arabia known as the Empty Quarter, or Rub' al Khali in Arabic...
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that are greater than 32,000 km2 (12,355 sq mi), the largest being the Rub' al Khali, the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula. Ergs are also found on...
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largest desert in the world and the largest in Asia. At its center is Ar-Rub' al-Khali (The Empty Quarter), one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in...
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October 2004, Al-Falih was appointed to the board of directors of Saudi Aramco. He also served as chairman of the board of the South Rub' al-Khali joint venture...
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southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula runs through the Empty Quarter (Rub 'al-Khali). The border demarcation was defined by a 1990 agreement that included...
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Province, Al Hasa' Province, the Hejaz Province, the Najd Province, the Rub' al-Khali Province and the Shammar Province. King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued...
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protected area in southern Saudi Arabia, located on the western edge of the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter), the largest sandy desert in the world. The protected...
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Nafud desert (redirect from Al-Nefud)
vegetables, barley, and fruits are grown. The Nafud is connected to the Rub' al Khali by the Dahna, a corridor of gravel plains and sand dunes, 800 mi (1...
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diplomat and explorer who is the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). He was also a scientist who practiced craniofacial...
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pure upstream acreage. Core Venture 1 included south Ghawar and north Rub' Al-Khali, Core Venture 2 included the Red Sea, while Core Venture 3 involved...
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partially closed in 1948, when a sand cat skin was found in an oasis of the Rub' al Khali in Oman. It is discontinuously distributed in the deserts of the Arabian...
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the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia...
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the Rub' al Khali, Dahna and Nafud deserts, with the Rub' al-Khali alone making up more than half of the area of the province. Areas such as Hafr al-Batin...
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commissioned by Sir Wilfred Thesiger during his two crossings of the Rub' al Khali undertaken between 1946 and 1948. Bin Ghabaisha, along with Salim bin...
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List of wadis of Oman (section Rub' al Khali)
Umm al Hayt (Wadi Hayta) Wadi Dawkah / Wādī Dawkah, in Dhofar Governorate. Coordinates: 18.66667,53.86667 Wadi Ghadun / Wādī Ghudūn (Rub' al Khali), in...
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Arabian Peninsula (redirect from Šibh al-jazīrat al-ʻarabīya)
livestock A range of deserts: the Nefud in the north, which is stony; the Rub' al Khali or Great Arabian Desert in the south, with sand estimated to extend...
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Geography of Oman (section Al-Batinah)
sultanate is flanked by the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) of Saudi Arabia, all of which contributed to Oman's...
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the east by the Hajar Mountains and in the west by the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert. The Al Hajar Mountains separated the Imamate of Oman from Muscat...
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0 sq mi), Al-Ahsa Oasis is the largest oasis in the world. A large part of the oasis is located in the Empty Quarter, also referred to as Rub' al Khali in Arabic...
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control of Saudi Arabia and is located in the northern edge of the Rub' Al-Khali/Empty Quarter desert. It is located about 10 km south of the border...
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located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the northern edge of the Rub' Al-Khali ("Empty Quarter") desert. It is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of...
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burials first found on Jebel Hafit, a rocky mountain near Al Ain, bordering the Rub Al Khali desert. Hafit period tombs and remains have also been located...
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Black Stone (redirect from Al-Hajarul Aswad)
fragmented meteorite that fell 6,000 years ago at Wabar, a site in the Rub' al Khali desert 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) east of Mecca. A 2004 scientific analysis...
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