Great Sandy Desert

E264838
desert erg

The Great Sandy Desert is a vast, remote desert region in northwestern Australia characterized by extensive sand dunes, arid climate, and sparse population.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Sandy Desert canonical 7
Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert ⓘ
erg ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
hasApproximateArea 267000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasAverageRainfall less than 250 millimetres per year ⓘ
hasBiome desert biome ⓘ
hasClimate arid climate ⓘ
hasEcoregion Great Sandy Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion
hasFauna dingo ⓘ
perentie ⓘ
red kangaroo ⓘ
spinifex hopping mouse ⓘ
wedge-tailed eagle ⓘ
hasFeature salt pans ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
sand plains ⓘ
hasGeologicalProvince Canning Basin ⓘ
Officer Basin ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Kukatja people ⓘ
Martu people ⓘ
Ngarti people ⓘ
Pintupi people ⓘ
Walmajarri people ⓘ
hasMineralResource copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Balgo ⓘ
Halls Creek ⓘ
Newman ⓘ
Telfer ⓘ
hasNotableMine Telfer gold mine ⓘ
hasPopulationDensity very low ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Karlamilyi National Park ⓘ
Rudall River National Park ⓘ
hasResourceActivity mining ⓘ
hasSandDuneOrientation generally east–west ⓘ
hasTemperatureCharacteristic mild to warm winters ⓘ
very hot summers ⓘ
hasVegetationType acacia shrublands ⓘ
spinifex grasslands ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Territory ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
locatedInContinent Australia ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf Australian deserts ⓘ
Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ
rankByAreaInAustralia second-largest desert in Australia ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Pilbara region → adjacentTo → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
The Shadow Out of Time → setIn → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
Great Sandy Desert → hasEcoregion → Great Sandy Desert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion
Pilbara coast → adjacentTo → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
interior of Australia → hasPart → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
Outback → contains → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
Western Desert region → contains → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
Martu people → nativeTitleArea → Great Sandy Desert ⓘ