The Grand Erg Oriental (English: 'Great Eastern Sand Sea') is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in...
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Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximately 78,000 square kilometres (30,000 sq mi). The sand dunes in the erg are formed by...
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Tunisian Sahara and extends to Libya, enclosing the whole of the Grand Erg Oriental. Eamonn Gearon (2011). The Sahara: A Cultural History. Andrews UK...
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Tunisia bounded by the salt lake Chott el Djerid to the west, the Grand Erg Oriental to the south, and the Dahar plateau to the east. Administratively...
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Dahra Range The Ouarsenis The Zibans[fr] The Algerian Sahara Grand Erg Oriental and Grand Erg Occidental Souf[fr] Tassill n'Ajjer Tanezrouft Geography of...
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a list of ergs around the world. Algeria Grand Erg Oriental (extends into Tunisia) Grand Erg Occidental Erg Chech (extends into Mali) Erg Iguidi (extends...
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topography, but between the desert areas of the Grand Erg Oriental and the Grand Erg Occidental (Great Western Erg) and extending north to the Atlas Saharien...
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43806°N 8.91806°E / 33.43806; 8.91806 and is the gateway to the Grand Erg Oriental desert. It is the centre for the traditionally nomadic Adhara people...
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Chebbi and Erg Chigaga in southern Morocco Grand Erg Oriental in northeastern Algeria and southern Tunisia Grand Erg Occidental in western Algeria The Idehan...
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soils and increase the productive area. South of Chott el Djerid, the Grand Erg Oriental desert begins. The towns of Kebili and Douz are located south of the...
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Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from limestone dust from Grand Erg Oriental in Tunisia. Hezbri, K; Ghodhbane-Gtari, F; Montero-Calasanz, M del...
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population of 3,071 as of 2004. It lies between Jebel Dahar and the Grand Erg Oriental, roughly 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Médenine. It is home to a subterranean...
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until it makes way for the reg. The erg, the sandy desert, covers only a fifth of the Sahara. The Grand Erg Oriental (Great Eastern Sand Sea) borders the...
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mostly uninhabited southern half of the province is covered by the Grand Erg Oriental, a vast region of uninterrupted sand dunes. The northern half of the...
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the Holocene up to World War II. The park covers nearly the entire Grand Erg Oriental within Tunisia. In the western portion, there are 'gigantic boulders'...
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and the Djebel (mountain) Matmata on the Dahar plateau between the Grand Erg Oriental (Great Eastern Sand Sea) and the Matmata hills. The Tebaga Gap, between...
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Further south lies the Sahara desert, including the sand dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental. Stone age tools dating from the Middle Stone Age (around 200,000...
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Touil is a large natural gas field in the Sahara Desert region of Grand Erg Oriental of Algeria, within the commune of Hassi Messaoud. It is an outlying...
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Reintroductions in the wild are ongoing in Jebil National Park (Tunisia) and Grand Erg Oriental (the Sahara), and another is planned for Morocco. IUCN SSC Antelope...
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an oasis of southern Tunisia located on the eastern limit of the Grand Erg Oriental. Renowned for being the most southerly of the Tunisian oases and one...
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them reached Lake Chad in the past, others continued through the Grand Erg Oriental towards Chott Melrhir. There are about 450 recent volcanic centres...
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District, Illizi Province, Algeria, located on the southern edge of the Grand Erg Oriental. "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites...
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is dry country, the Jebel Dahar, and then impassable sand of the Grand Erg Oriental. The oasis town of Gabès lies on the coast where the plain meets the...
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Hills, dry Jebel Dahar country and then the impassable sand of the Grand Erg Oriental. Gabès lies on the coast, where the plain meets the route from the...
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(an oasis of southern Tunisia located on the eastern limit of the Grand Erg Oriental), then he strafed the enemy troops. In the afternoon, on Kebili, with...
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the direction of the Sahara (Zeribet El Oued, Chott Melrhir, the Grand Erg Oriental, Debdeb and southern Tunisia) with the help of a guide. On November...
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Governorate, Tunisia. El Borma is located amidst the vast sand dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental in eastern Algeria. The location is notable for its underground petroleum...
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rocky area of the Sahara around the border of Algeria and Libya. The Grand Erg Oriental, a vast area of sand dunes, lies to the north. Debdeb has a hot desert...
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lies dry Jebel Dahar country and then the impassable sand of the Grand Erg Oriental. Gabès is on the coast where the plain meets the route from the Tebaga...
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Matmata, curving gently to the east to sink beneath the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental near Tataouine. Foothills extend for a further 100 kilometres (62 mi)...
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