Nafud desert
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 65,000 square kilometres.
NASA, Public domain.- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 830 metres (2,720 feet)
- Also known as“Al-Nafūd”“Al-Nefud”“An Nafūd”“An Nsfūd al Kabīr”“An Nufūd”“An Nufūd al Kabīr”“Great Nafūd”“Great Nefud”“Nufud”“Şaḩrā’ an Nsfūd”“Şaḩrā’ an Nufūd”“The Nefud”
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Latitude
28.5° or 28° 30′ north
Longitude
41° east
Open location code
7HW3G222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Nafud desert” goes by many names.
النفودArabic
النفود الكبيرArabic
صحراء النفودArabic
صحراء النفود الكبيرArabic
صحراء النفوذArabic
Մեծ ՆեֆուդArmenian
Böyük NefudAzerbaijani
NafudBasque
আন নুফূদBengali
НефудBulgarian
An NafudCatalan
Gran NafudCatalan
NafudCatalan
An NafūdCebuano
內夫得沙漠Chinese
内夫得沙漠Chinese
NafudCroatian
NefudCroatian
NafúdCzech
poušť NafúdCzech
An NafudDutch
Nefud-woestijnDutch
صحرا النفود الكبيرEgyptian Arabic
NefudEsperanto
NefudoEsperanto
An-NafūdEstonian
NafudFinnish
NefudFinnish
ნეფუდიGeorgian
Αν ΝάφουντGreek
מדבר נפודHebrew
נפודHebrew
अन-नफ़ूदHindi
अन-नफ़ूद रेगिस्तानHindi
अल नफ़ूदHindi
नफ़ूदHindi
नफ़ूद रेगिस्तानHindi
Nefúd-sivatagHungarian
Gurun NafudIndonesian
Deserto del NafudItalian
Deserto del NefūdItalian
NafudItalian
NefudItalian
ナフド砂漠Japanese
ネフド砂漠Japanese
Ülken Nefwd şöliKazakh
Үлкен Нефуд шөліKazakh
ۇلكەن نەفۋد ٴشولىKazakh
НефудKirghiz
네푸드 사막Korean
NefūdsLatvian
Didysis NefudasLithuanian
NefudasLithuanian
НефудMacedonian
NafudNorthern Frisian
NefudNorthern Frisian
An NafudNorwegian Bokmål
NefudNorwegian Nynorsk
صحرای نفوذPersian
نفودPersian
Wielki NefudPolish
Большой НефудRussian
НефудRussian
NefudScottish Gaelic
НафудSerbian
نفود ريگستانSindhi
Puščava NefudSlovenian
NafudSwedish
NefudSwedish
Nefud ÇölüTurkish
Великий НефудUkrainian
صحرائے نفودUrdu
NefudUzbek
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