Arabian Desert, great desert region of extreme southwestern Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula. It is the largest desert area on the continent—covering an area of about 900,000 square miles—and the second largest on Earth, …

A satellite image of the Arabian Desert by NASA World Wind. The desert lies mostly in Saudi Arabia and covers most of the country. It extends into neighboring southern Iraq, southern Jordan, central Qatar, most of the Abu Dhabi emirate in the United Arab Emirates, western Oman, and northeastern Yemen.

2022年12月7日 · As observed on the physical map above, two main desert regions dominate the landscape of the country. These are the Rub' Al Khali Desert, the larges mass of sand in the world, and the An-Nafud Desert - where sand dunes often exceed 100 ft. in height.

2020年12月3日 · A map displaying the location of the Arabian Desert. The Arabian Desert occupies nine countries, including all of Qatar and Kuwait, most of the United Arab Emirates to the west, as well as the grandest landmass on the peninsula, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has a diverse terrain but its most recognized feature is the Arabian Desert. Additionally, it has several mountainous areas such as the Sarawat Mountains in the south. At 3,015 meters (9,892 ft), Jabal Sawda is the highest point in Saudi Arabia.

The deserts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are the sandy accumulations spread across the country's map. Despite the prevailing stereotype that the Kingdom is a desert country, deserts only represent 31.75 percent of its diverse surface features.

Rubʿ al-Khali, vast desert region in the southern Arabian Peninsula, constituting the largest portion of the Arabian Desert. It covers an area of about 250,000 square miles (650,000 square km) in a structural basin lying mainly in southeastern Saudi Arabia, with lesser portions in Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.

The An-Nafud Desert and Syrian Deserts are located north of the Najd region, while the southern desert of the Saudi Arabia Map is called Rub' al Khali Desert, which is the most extensive sand desert on the Earth, stretching over the borders to Oman, Yemen and the Emirates.

The Nafud desert or simply The Nafud is a desert in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula at, occupying a great oval depression. It is 290 kilometres long and 225 kilometres wide, with an area of 103,600 square kilometres.

Saudi Arabia's diverse geography is dominated by the Arabian Desert, associated semi- desert, shrubland, steppes, several mountain ranges, volcanic lava fields and highlands. The 647,500 km2 (250,001 sq mi) Rub' al Khali ("Empty Quarter") in the southeastern part of the country is the world's largest contiguous sand desert.