Yemeni Desert.
The Ramlat al-Sab'atayn ( ar, رملة السبعتين) is a
desert region that corresponds with the northern deserts of modern
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
(
Al-Jawf,
Marib
Marib ( ar, مَأْرِب, Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 ''Mryb/Mrb'') is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of ''Sabaʾ'' ( ar, سَبَأ), which some scholars ...
,
Shabwah
Shabwah ( ar, شَبْوَة, Šabwa) is a governorate (province) of Yemen. Its main town is Ataq.
During the Yemeni Civil War in 2015, the province became a battleground. The battle, known as the Shabwah Campaign, ended on August 15, 2015, af ...
governorates) and southwestern Saudi Arabia (
Najran province). Located at 15°42′N 46°20′E.
It comprises mainly transverse and seif
dunes and covers an area of about , roughly .
Ramlat al-Sabʿatayn
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The Ramlat as Sab'atayn includes part of what was known to medieval
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Arab
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geographer
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s as the Sayhad ( ar, صيهد, translit=Ṣayhad). It extends from al-Khawr to the edge of the Rub' al-Khālī or Empty Quarter. It includes the Yemeni muhafazah
A ' ( ; ) is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated to "governorate", and occasionally to "province". It comes from the Arabic roo ...
s of al-Jawf, Ma'rib and Shabwa.
References
Geography of Yemen
References
Deserts of Yemen
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