Bayuda Desert

The Bayuda Desert, located at, is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, spanning approximately 100,000 km2 of northeast north of and south of , embraced by the great bend of the Nile in the north, east, and south and limited by the Wadi Muqaddam in the west.
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  • Type: Desert
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: Bayuda Steppe”, “Bayûdah Desert”, “Bayudha Desert”, and “Sahra‘ Bayyudah

Bayuda Desert

Latitude
18° north
Longitude
33° east
Elevation
528 metres (1,732 feet)
Open location code
7GCM2222+22
Geo­Names ID
377524
Wiki­data ID
Q812630
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bayuda Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: صحراء بيوضة
  • Basque: Bayudako basamortua
  • Bulgarian: Байюда
  • Bulgarian: Пустиня Байюда
  • Catalan: Baiuda
  • Catalan: Bayuda
  • Catalan: Bayyudah
  • Catalan: Desert de Bayuda
  • Catalan: Oasi de Baiuda
  • Catalan: Oasi de Bayuda
  • Catalan: Oasi de Bayyudah
  • Cebuano: Şaḩrā‘ Bayyūḑah
  • Cebuano: Şaḩrā’ Bayyūḑah
  • Chinese: 百卢达沙漠
  • Dutch: Bayuda Desert
  • Egyptian Arabic: صحرا بيوضه
  • Esperanto: Bajuda dezerto
  • Esperanto: Bajuda-Dezerto
  • French: désert de Bayouda
  • French: Désert de Bayouda
  • French: Désert de Bayuda
  • Georgian: ბაიუდას უდაბნო
  • Georgian: ბაიუდის უდაბნო
  • German: Bajudasteppe
  • German: Bayuda
  • Italian: Bayuda
  • Italian: Deserto di Bayuda
  • Japanese: バユダ砂漠
  • Korean: 바유다 사막
  • Ladin: Bayuda
  • Lithuanian: Bajuda
  • Mingrelian: ბაიუდიშ ტიოზი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bayuda
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bayudaørkenen
  • Norwegian: Bayuda
  • Persian: بیابان بیوضه
  • Portuguese: Deserto de Baiuda
  • Portuguese: Deserto de Bayuda
  • Russian: Байуда
  • Scottish Gaelic: Bayuda Desert
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fàsach Bhayuda
  • Serbian: Pustinja Bajuda
  • Serbian: Пустиња Бајуда
  • Spanish: Desierto de Bayuda
  • Swedish: Bajuda
  • Turkish: Bayuda Çölü
  • Ukrainian: Баюда
  • Uzbek: Bayuda choʻli
  • Venetian: Deserto de Bayuda
  • Vietnamese: Hoang mạc Bayuda

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