Arabian Desert

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desert geographical region

The Arabian Desert is a vast arid region spanning much of the Arabian Peninsula, known for its extreme climate, expansive sand dunes, and significant oil-rich subsoil.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Arabian Desert canonical	42
Arabian desert	2
Arabia Deserta	1
Arabian Desert region	1
Saudi Arabian desert system	1
Saudi desert belt	1
Yemeni desert	1
الصحارى السعودية	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
area	approximately 2,330,000 square kilometers ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall	generally less than 100 millimeters ⓘ
biome	desert biome ⓘ
borderedBy	Arabian Sea ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ Syrian Desert ⓘ Zagros Mountains ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ desert climate ⓘ
contains	oases ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Bahrain ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Oman ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
elevationRange	mostly low to moderate elevation ⓘ
fauna	Arabian camel ⓘ Arabian oryx ⓘ fennec fox ⓘ sand gazelle ⓘ various desert reptiles ⓘ
feature	gravel plains ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ salt flats ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
flora	acacia trees ⓘ drought-resistant shrubs ⓘ tamarisk ⓘ
geology	Precambrian shield areas ⓘ sedimentary basins ⓘ
hasPart	Ad Dahna Desert ⓘ Rub al Khali ⓘ surface form: An Nafud Desert Rub al Khali ⓘ
highestPoint	Jabal al-Lawz region ⓘ
humanActivity	limited agriculture in oases ⓘ natural gas extraction ⓘ nomadic pastoralism ⓘ oil extraction ⓘ
knownFor	extreme heat ⓘ large sand seas ⓘ low annual rainfall ⓘ oil-rich subsoil ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
naturalResource	natural gas ⓘ petroleum ⓘ phosphate deposits ⓘ
partOf	Afro-Eurasian desert belt ⓘ
temperatureRange	summer daytime temperatures often above 45 degrees Celsius ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → hasDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Asia → containsDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Kuwait City → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Syrian Desert → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Rub al Khali → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → containsDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Nabataean city of Petra → locatedIn → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arabian Desert region

Petra → locatedIn → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Ad Dahna Desert → isPartOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saudi desert belt

Afro-Eurasian desert belt → contains → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Jabal al-Lawz region → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Iraqi alluvial plain → boundedBy → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Wadi Rum → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Arabia Petraea → borders → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arabia Deserta

Dr. Alfred Jones → projectLocation → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yemeni desert

Middle East and Africa → hasMajorDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Eastern Desert of Egypt → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Köppen BWh → occursIn → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Al-Quway'iyah → locatedInDesertRegion → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Hofuf → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Wadi ad-Dawasir Governorate → locatedIn → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Afif → hasSurroundingEnvironment → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Wadi ad-Dawasir → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Al-Aflaj → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

As Sulayyil Governorate → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Afro-Eurasia → containsDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) → relatedConcept → Arabian Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilderness of Paran

this entity surface form: Arabian desert

Tema → associatedWithRegion → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Hail → locatedOn → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Bilad al-Sham@ar → borderedBy → Arabian Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham

Al-Yamama → culturalRegionOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Rimah Governorate → locatedInDesertRegion → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Al-Hareeq Governorate → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Arava → connectedTo → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Nefud Desert → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Nefud Desert → isPartOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saudi Arabian desert system

Persian Gulf coastal plain → adjacentTo → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Roman province of Arabia Petraea → borderedBy → Arabian Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Arabia Petraea

Burj Khalifa observation decks → offersViewOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Ha'il city → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Ha'il

Southern Palestine → borders → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Leyli and Majnun → setting → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arabian desert

Al-Qurain → locatedInDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

الدهناء → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: الصحارى السعودية

An Nafud → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Eastern Egypt → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Muthanna Governorate → partOf → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Zalabia Bedouin → geographicArea → Arabian Desert ⓘ

Seven Pillars of Wisdom → inDesert → Arabian Desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (rock formation)

Valley of the Moon → locatedIn → Arabian Desert ⓘ