What vast sand desert stretching along the Egypt-Libya border consists of parallel linear seif dunes and transverse dunes covering over 72,000 square kilometers?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. The Great Sand Sea
- Step 1: The Great Sand Sea (Bahr al-Rimal al-Azim) is an immense dune field in the Western Desert, extending from Siwa in the north to the Gilf Kebir plateau in the south.
- Step 2: It contains towering parallel longitudinal dunes up to 100 meters high and deposits of rare, translucent yellow-green Libyan Desert Glass.
Answer
The Great Sand Sea.
Why not the others: 'Rub' al Khali' is in southern Saudi Arabia, Oman, and UAE; 'An-Nafud' is in northern Saudi Arabia; 'Atacama Desert' is on the Pacific coast of South America.
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