Nubian Desert

 

eastern region of the Sahara Desert, c.157,000 sq mi (407,000 sq km), NE Republic of Sudan, NE Africa, between the Nile and the Red Sea. The arid region, largely a sandstone plateau, has numerous wadis flowing toward (but never reaching) the Nile, whose great bends are entrenched in the western part of the region.

The Nubian Desert, is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, it spans 50, 000 km² or 157,000 square miles of northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea, at 20.5° N 33° E.. The arid region, a largely sandstone plateau, has lots of wadis flowering toward the Nile. There is virtually no rainfall in the Nubian, and there are no oases. The traditional inhabitants of the area are the Nubia.

The world's earliest known archaeoastronomical megalith was erected in Nabta Playa in the Nubian Desert in southern Egypt.

Deserts

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