Cities with a population over 1000 database. 2013.
sabkhah — ▪ saline flat also spelled Sebkha (Arabic), saline flat or salt crusted depression, commonly found along the coasts of North Africa and Saudi Arabia. Sabkhahs are generally bordered by sand dunes and have soft, poorly cemented but… … Universalium
Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… … Universalium
Playa — A playa (or pan) is a dry or ephemeral lakebed, generally extending to the shore, or a remnant of, an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Playas are also known as alkali flats, sabkhas, dry… … Wikipedia
Abu Zaby — (or Zabi) [ä΄bo͞o zä′bē] Ar. name for ABU DHABI * * * ▪ emirate, United Arab Emirates also spelled Abu Dhabi constituent emirate of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oma … Universalium
Libya — /lib ee euh/, n. 1. Anc. Geog. the part of N Africa W of Egypt. 2. Italian, Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951 69. 5,648,359; 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Cap.: Tripoli. * * * Libya… … Universalium
Jifārah, al- — ▪ plain, Africa also called Jeffara, Djeffara, or Gefara, coastal plain of northern Africa, on the Mediterranean coast of extreme northwestern Libya and of southeastern Tunisia. Roughly semicircular, it extends from Qābis (Gabes),… … Universalium
Umm Saʿīd — ▪ Qatar also called Musayʿīd town and port situated in Qatar, on the east coast of the Qatar Peninsula, in the Persian Gulf. It was established in 1949 as a tanker terminal by the Qatar Petroleum Company on an inhospitable, previously… … Universalium
Dry lake — Salt Flat redirects here. For the settlement, see Salt Flat, Texas. Devil s Golf Course in Death Valley National Park, western United States … Wikipedia
σέμπχα — και σάμπχα, η, Ν (γεωμορφ.) αλατούχο πεδίο ή βύθισμα καλυμμένο με λεπτό στρώμα αλατιού που απαντά, συνήθως, κατά μήκος τών ακτών τής βόρειας Αφρικής και τής Σαουδικής Αραβίας. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αγγλ. sebkha / sabkha < αραβ. sabkhah «ρηχή λίμνη»] … Dictionary of Greek
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
