Great Sand Sea
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The Great Sand Sea is an approximately 72,000 km2 sand desert in the Sahara that stretches from western Egypt to eastern Libya, in North Africa. Most of the area is covered by sand dunes.
The dunes of the Great Sand Sea near Siwa, Egypt
Stony area of the Great Sand Sea.
Dune pattern in the Great Sand Sea, Egypt. NASA Earth Observatory.
Western Desert
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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 the border with Sudan. It is named in contrast
Great Sand Sea
…Calanshio Sand Sea of Libya, with which it is contiguous in the north. The dunes of the Great Sand Sea cover about 10% of the total area of the Egyptian Western Desert. Siwa is an oasis located in Egypt, about 50 km (30 mi) east of the Libyan border, in the eastern part of the Great Sand Sea or Egyptian Sand Sea…
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