Grand Erg Oriental (Algeria and Tunisia)
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Name (Latin)
Grand Erg Oriental (Algeria and Tunisia)
Other forms of name
al-ʻIrq al-Sharqī al-Kabīir (Algeria and Tunisia)
Eastern Erg (Algeria and Tunisia)
Erg de l'Irharhar (Algeria and Tunisia)
Grande Ergh Oriental (Algeria and Tunisia)
Great Eastern Erg (Algeria and Tunisia)
Great Eastern Ergh (Algeria and Tunisia)
Igharghar (Algeria and Tunisia)
Irharer, Erg de l' (Algeria and Tunisia)
Oriental Erg (Algeria and Tunisia)
Coordinates
6 6 30 30 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Deserts Algeria
Deserts Tunisia
Sand dunes Algeria
Sand dunes Tunisia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q307143
Library of congress:
sh2015001228
Sources of Information
- Work cat: 2015587084: Croquis du Grand Erg Oriental, 1923map recto (Grand Erg Oriental)
- GEOnet, May 11, 2015(Grand Erg Oriental, dunes; Algeria and Tunisia; 30°00ʹ00ʺN, 7°00ʹ00ʺE, variants: Eastern Erg, Grande Ergh Oriental, Great Eastern Erg, Great Eastern Ergh, Igharghar, Erg de l'Irharhar, Oriental Erg)
- Wikipedia, May 11, 2015(Grand Erg Oriental; al-ʻIrq al-Sharqī al-Kabīir,العرق الشرقي الكبير (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 some 600 km wide by 200 km north to south. The erg's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia)
Wikipedia description:
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.
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