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The Arabian Desert has a subtropical, hot desert climate, similar to the climate of the Sahara Desert (the world's largest hot desert). The Arabian Desert is actually an extension of the Sahara Desert over the Arabian peninsula. The climate is mainly dry. Most areas get around 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain per year.
In 2014, the estimated population of the Arabian Peninsula was 77,983,936 (including expatriates). [25] The Arabian Peninsula is known for having one of the most uneven adult sex ratios in the world, with females in some regions (especially the east) constituting only a quarter of people aged between 20 and 40. [26]
The Rub' al Khali [note 1] (/ ˈ r ʊ b æ l ˈ k ɑː l i /; [1] Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي, [ar.rʊbʕ‿al.χaːliː]) or Empty Quarter is a desert [2] encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 km 2 (250,000 sq mi) (the area of long. 44°30′−56°30′E, and lat. 16 ...
This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). ... Arabian Desert: Subtropical
Most of the Arab world falls in the driest region of the world. Almost 80% of it is covered in desert (10,666,637 of 13,333,296 km2), stretching from Mauritania and Morocco to Oman and the UAE. [ citation needed ] The second most common terrain is the semi-arid terrain , which found in all Arab countries except Lebanon and Comoros.
The Eastern Desert (known archaically as Arabia or the Arabian Desert [1] [2]) is the part of the Sahara Desert that is located east of the Nile River.It spans 223,000 square kilometres (86,000 sq mi) of northeastern Africa and is bordered by the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea to the east, and the Nile River to the west.
Al-Dahna Desert – a desert being the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia; Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen; Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of the Arabian Peninsula
Satellite view of Al-Dahna desert A caravan in Ad-Dahnā'. Ad-Dahna Desert is the central division of the Arabian Desert. [1] It is a corridor of sandy terrain forming a bow-like shape that connects an-Nafud desert in the north to Rub' al-Khali desert in the south.