Landscape of the sand dune 'seas' of the Grand Erg Oriental. Other areas are bare rock. There are also Oases, and oil extraction zones.
Map of the Maghreb showing the Grand Erg Oriental.
Country
Algeria and Tunisia
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
The Grand Erg Oriental (English: 'Great Eastern Sand Sea') is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in Saharan lowlands of northeast Algeria, the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area some 600 km wide by 200 km north to south. The erg's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia.
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The GrandErgOriental (English: 'Great Eastern Sand Sea') is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in...
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Tunisia bounded by the salt lake Chott el Djerid to the west, the GrandErgOriental to the south, and the Dahar plateau to the east. Administratively...
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topography, but between the desert areas of the GrandErgOriental and the GrandErg Occidental (Great Western Erg) and extending north to the Atlas Saharien...
the Holocene up to World War II. The park covers nearly the entire GrandErgOriental within Tunisia. In the western portion, there are 'gigantic boulders'...
soils and increase the productive area. South of Chott el Djerid, the GrandErgOriental desert begins. The towns of Kebili and Douz are located south of the...
until it makes way for the reg. The erg, the sandy desert, covers only a fifth of the Sahara. The GrandErgOriental (Great Eastern Sand Sea) borders the...
Further south lies the Sahara desert, including the sand dunes of the GrandErgOriental. Stone age tools dating from the Middle Stone Age (around 200,000...
is dry country, the Jebel Dahar, and then impassable sand of the GrandErgOriental. The oasis town of Gabès lies on the coast where the plain meets the...
mostly uninhabited southern half of the province is covered by the GrandErgOriental, a vast region of uninterrupted sand dunes. The northern half of the...
an oasis of southern Tunisia located on the eastern limit of the GrandErgOriental. Renowned for being the most southerly of the Tunisian oases and one...
and the Djebel (mountain) Matmata on the Dahar plateau between the GrandErgOriental (Great Eastern Sand Sea) and the Matmata hills. The Tebaga Gap, between...
population of 3,071 as of 2004. It lies between Jebel Dahar and the GrandErgOriental, roughly 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Médenine. It is home to a subterranean...
Reintroductions in the wild are ongoing in Jebil National Park (Tunisia) and GrandErgOriental (the Sahara), and another is planned for Morocco. IUCN SSC Antelope...
District, Illizi Province, Algeria, located on the southern edge of the GrandErgOriental. "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites...
Touil is a large natural gas field in the Sahara Desert region of GrandErgOriental of Algeria, within the commune of Hassi Messaoud. It is an outlying...
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of Andorra 2023 Algeria Ghout oasis system [ar; es] 2011 El Oued, GrandErgOriental, oasis, agriculture in Algeria, ghout is a plural form of a noun meaning...
them reached Lake Chad in the past, others continued through the GrandErgOriental towards Chott Melrhir. There are about 450 recent volcanic centres...
(an oasis of southern Tunisia located on the eastern limit of the GrandErgOriental), then he strafed the enemy troops. In the afternoon, on Kebili, with...
lies dry Jebel Dahar country and then the impassable sand of the GrandErgOriental. Gabès is on the coast where the plain meets the route from the Tebaga...
Matmata, curving gently to the east to sink beneath the dunes of the GrandErgOriental near Tataouine. Foothills extend for a further 100 kilometres (62 mi)...
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