Grand Erg Oriental
العرق الشرقي الكبير | |
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 Landscape of the sand dune 'seas' of the Grand Erg Oriental. Other areas are bare rock. There are also Oases, and oil extraction zones. | |
 Map of the Maghreb showing the Grand Erg Oriental. | |
| Country | Algeria and Tunisia |
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
The Grand Erg Oriental (English: 'Great Eastern Sand Sea') is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert. Situated for the most part in Saharan lowlands of northeast Algeria, the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area some 600 km wide by 200 km north to south. The erg's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia.