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Grand Erg Oriental
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 Saharan lowlands of northeast Algeria, the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area of some 185,000 sq. km (about the size of North Dakota or twice the size of Portugal). It is the second largest erg in Algeria after…
Адрес: Большой Восточный Эрг, Trifaoui ⵟⵔⵉⴼⴰⵡⵉ الطريفاوي, Алжир
Тип: natural,natural.sand
<p>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 Saharan lowlands of northeast Algeria, the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area of some 185,000 sq. km (about the size of North Dakota or twice the size of Portugal). It is the second largest erg in Algeria after Erg Chech.
The erg's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia (about 30,000 sq. km) It borders the Atlas and the Aurès Mountains as well as the mountainous region of Jebel Dahar in Tunisia to the north, and the Hamada of Tinrhert and the Tademait Plateau to the south. - Erg is a Tamachek Berber word, and also a geographic term of art.</p>
The erg's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia (about 30,000 sq. km) It borders the Atlas and the Aurès Mountains as well as the mountainous region of Jebel Dahar in Tunisia to the north, and the Hamada of Tinrhert and the Tademait Plateau to the south. - Erg is a Tamachek Berber word, and also a geographic term of art.</p>
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