Geology and Minerals

Grand Erg Occidental

The Grand Erg Occidental, (also known as the Western Sand Sea), Arabic العرق الغربي الكبير (al-ʿIrq al-Ḡarbī al-Kabīr), is an erg in the northern center of the Algerian Sahara. It is the third largest erg in Algeria after the Erg Chech and the Grand Erg Oriental.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Bingham Canyon Mine
• ▸Atlas (star)
• ▸Carrizo Plain

Uncatalogued shelf

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