Eastern Sahara
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Eastern Sahara is the hyper-arid eastern portion of the Sahara Desert, spanning parts of Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Chad and characterized by vast sand and gravel plains with extremely scarce rainfall.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | desert region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Libyan Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahel region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateClassification | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| hasBiodiversity |
adapted desert fauna
ⓘ
adapted desert flora ⓘ |
| hasClimate | hyper-arid ⓘ |
| hasElevationRange | low-lying basins to high plateaus ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
desert pavement
ⓘ
gravel plains ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ sand plains ⓘ |
| hasGeology |
exposed basement rocks in some plateaus
ⓘ
thick sedimentary basins in some areas ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
dust storms
ⓘ
sandstorms ⓘ |
| hasHumanActivity |
limited mining and resource exploration
ⓘ
nomadic pastoralism in marginal zones ⓘ oasis agriculture in isolated oases ⓘ |
| hasHydrology |
fossil groundwater aquifers
ⓘ
lack of permanent rivers ⓘ occasional ephemeral streams ⓘ |
| hasRainfallPattern |
extremely scarce rainfall
ⓘ
very infrequent rainfall events ⓘ |
| hasSoilType |
rocky soils
ⓘ
sandy soils ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Gilf Kebir Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Sand Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Libyan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Nubian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Selima Sand Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemperaturePattern |
large diurnal temperature range
ⓘ
very hot summers ⓘ |
| hasVegetation | very sparse vegetation ⓘ |
| hasVisibility | frequent clear skies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme aridity
ⓘ
large sand seas ⓘ remote and sparsely populated areas ⓘ scarcity of surface water ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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