caveal's blog: "Desert"

Sandy deserts

Empty Quarter

 Sand cover vast areas of the country due to the activity factors sculpture and erosion and sedimentation by fragmenting soft rock and formed the territory in the form of low basins filled with sandy sediments. One of the main sandy deserts as follows:

Khali basin wide Low is one of the largest sandy deserts related to land as an area of ​​640 thousand km ² extending from the Hijaz and Asir Heights in the west to Oman in the east Heights, and Najd Plateau in the north to the border with Yemen in the south. Despite the harsh natural environment in this region and the absence of human activity, but it is rich in wealth huge oil and natural gas and radioactive minerals and sand glass and solar energy, which is no longer free as the name suggests this, as infested centers and stations national oil company and scouring planes and cars veiled skies and land for mineral savings.Desert الدهناء San desert stretches from the Empty Quarter and surrounded Najd Plateau of East heading towards the north and a length of 1,200 km and the wider ranges between 25 - 80 km. And consist الدهناء of red sand dunes parallel rock located by commas.Desert Nafud big lies north of the country, with an area of ​​56.320 km ², and are widely hollow filled with sand and sandwiched between rocky areas are solid hill districts. This desert is characterized by longitudinal sand dunes red know Baerouk. And he crossed the eastern part of the famous pilgrimage route the Darb Zubaydah link between Iraq and the Hijaz.