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Nubian Desert

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Nubian Desert
A desert region of northeast Sudan extending east of the Nile River to the Red Sea.
Nubian Desert
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(Placename) a desert in the NE Sudan, between the Nile valley and the Red Sea: mainly a sandstone plateau
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Noun1.Nubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red SeaNubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Sudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
Great Arabian Desert, Arabian Desert - a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
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Bedouins by the Lake: Environment, Change, and Sustainability in Southern Egypt" is a look at how the Bedouin people adapted to the Nubian Desert regions in Egypt as their homeland.
Bedouins by the Lake by Andrew, Micah / MBR Bookwatch
Inhabitants were removed from a strip of fertile land along the Nile, pushing them into the Nubian Desert where the land is barren with little groundwater supply.
Sudanese police clash with Hamadab farmers over water shortage by Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
On October 7, 2008, an asteroid the size of a car blazed through the atmosphere and crashed into the Nubian Desert in the African nation of Sudan.
The Earth-bound asteroid scientists saw coming by Ornes, Stephen / Science News for Kids
 
 
 
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