El Djouf

El Djouf is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern and part of northwestern . El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert in the north.
Wikipedia
  • Desert
  • …lies at an elevation of around 320 metres (1,050 feet)
  • Description: Desert in Mauritania and Mali
  • Also known as
    “Désert el Djouf”
    “Djouf”
    “El Djouf Desert”
    “El Djous”
    “El Juf”
    “El-Djuf”
    “Juf”
    “Majâbat al-Koubra”
  • Category: landform
  • Location
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Latitude
21.41667° or 21° 25′ north
Longitude
-6.66667° or 6° 40′ west
Open location code
7CHMC88M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2380024
Wiki­data ID
Q2064799

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El Djouf” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجوف (موريتانيا-مالي)”
  • Arabic: “الجوف”
  • Catalan: “El Djouf”
  • Cebuano: “El Djouf (kamadan)”
  • Cebuano: “El Djouf”
  • Czech: “el-Džauf”
  • Czech: “el-Džuf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجوف”
  • Finnish: “El Djouf”
  • French: “El Djouf”
  • German: “El Djouf”
  • Latvian: “Džūfs”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżuf”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джуф”
  • Serbian: “El Džuf”
  • Serbian: “Ел Џуф”
  • Slovenian: “El Djouf”
  • Spanish: “El Djouf”
  • Swedish: “El Djouf (öken)”
  • Swedish: “El Djouf”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Джуф”

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