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Rub' al Khali |
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Rub' al KhālīVast sandy desert in southern Saudi Arabia and Yemen; area 650,000 sq km/250,000 sq mi. In 1930–31 the British explorer Bertram Thomas became the first European to cross it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The other regions identified in "The Nine Nations of North America," are the Breadbasket, Dixie, Ecotopia, the Empty Quarter, the Islands, Mexamerica, New England and Quebec regions (Fig. The Kalahari, the Gobi, and the Empty Quarter all have their fans, but when it comes to the "real" desert nearly everyone fixates on the immense Sahara. We no longer 'for lust of knowing what should not be known' take Flecker's Golden Road to Samarkand, (1) but arrive by 747 and find the city equipped with efficient trolleybuses; Machu Picchu is overrun by parties of well drilled hikers and littered with Kodak packaging; the sands of the empty quarter of Arabia are woven into ruts by the tracks of four-wheel-drive Toyotas. |
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