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Q: What is the difference between an erg and reg desert?
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What is a reg desert?

it is a rocky desert. the other type are erg deserts which are sandy deserts.


What is a reg?

A reg is a vast stony plain in a desert. This is opposed to an erg which is a vast sandy plain.


What is a rocky and sandy ecosystem?

A rocky desert is known as a reg. A sandy desert is called an erg.


What is the name of a desert covered with blocks of stones and rocks?

A stony desert is called a 'Reg' desert. A sandy desert is called an 'Erg' desert.


What type of desert is the Chihuahuan Desert is it a Hamada Erg or Reg?

W T F? i don't understand what the hell you mean.


Is Sahara desert sandy or rocky?

It is both. the sandy part is called erg and the rocky part is called reg


Where is an erg located?

In a sandy desert, an erg (also sand sea or dune sea) is a large, relatively flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little to no vegetation cover. This compares to a reg desert which again has little or no vegetation cover but has as a stony surface.


What does erges mean?

If you mean erg in Geography, it means that a desert is sandy. Some deserts are stony which is called reg. Others are sandy and this is called erg. Barren rock deserts are called hamadas.


What makes a desert a reg desert?

A reg desert is a desert which has a surface covered by stones, known as desert pavement.


Is the Sahara desert a reg?

yes, it is a reg.


What is the geographical term for a rocky desert?

In North Africa, a vast stony desert plain is known as a reg.


Does the Gobi desert have sand?

No, I have visited it ! It is sandy with some rocks and mesas, plateaus, and buttes.