Nubian Desert

The Nubian Desert is in the eastern region of the , spanning approximately 400,000 km2 of northeastern and northern , between the Nile and the Red Sea.
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Nubian Desert

Latitude
20.5° or 20° 30′ north
Longitude
33° east
Elevation
372 metres (1,220 feet)
Open location code
7GGMG222+22
Geo­Names ID
369103
Wiki­data ID
Q464909
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Nubian Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: صحراء النوبة
  • Armenian: Նուբիական անապատ
  • Azerbaijani: Nubiya səhrası
  • Basque: Nubiako basamortua
  • Belarusian: Нубійская пустыня
  • Bengali: নুবিয়ান মরুভূমি
  • Bulgarian: Нубийска пустиня
  • Catalan: desert de Núbia
  • Catalan: Desert de Núbia
  • Cebuano: Nubian Desert
  • Chinese: 努比亞沙漠
  • Croatian: Nubijska pustinja
  • Czech: Núbijská poušť
  • Dutch: Nubische Woestijn
  • Egyptian Arabic: صحرا النوبه
  • Esperanto: Nubia dezerto
  • Estonian: Nuubia kõrb
  • Finnish: Nubian aavikko
  • French: Desert de Nubie
  • French: désert de Nubie
  • French: Désert de Nubie
  • French: Şaḩrā’ an Nūbyah
  • French: صحراء النوبة
  • Georgian: ნუბიის უდაბნო
  • German: Nubische Wüste
  • Hebrew: המדבר הנובי
  • Hindi: नूबियन
  • Hungarian: Núbiai-sivatag
  • Indonesian: Gurun Pasir Nubia
  • Italian: deserto di Nubia
  • Italian: Deserto di Nubia
  • Japanese: ヌビア砂漠
  • Kirghiz: Нубия чөлү
  • Korean: 누비아 사막
  • Latvian: Nūbijas tuksnesis
  • Lithuanian: Nubijos dykuma
  • Mingrelian: ნუბიაშ ტიოზი
  • Northern Frisian: Nuubisk Wüüst
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den nubiske ørken
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den nubiske ørkenen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nubiske ørken
  • Norwegian: Den nubiske ørken
  • Persian: بیابان نوبیه
  • Polish: Pustynia Nubijska
  • Portuguese: Deserto da Núbia
  • Portuguese: Deserto de Núbia
  • Romanian: Deșertul Nubian
  • Russian: Нубийская пустыня
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fàsach Nubianach
  • Scottish Gaelic: Nubian Desert
  • Serbian: Nubijska pustinja
  • Serbian: Нубијска пустиња
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nubijska pustinja
  • Slovak: Núbijská púšť
  • Spanish: Desierto de Nubia
  • Swedish: Nubiska öknen
  • Tajik: Биёбони Нубия
  • Thai: ทะเลทรายนิวเบีย
  • Turkish: Nübye Çölü
  • Ukrainian: Нубійська пустеля
  • Uzbek: Nubiya choʻli

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