Black Desert
الصحراء السوداء | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Black_Desert.jpg) Volcano-shaped mounds of the Black Desert | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Egypt_adm_location_map.svg)  Black Desert Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 28°09′03″N 28°43′43″E / 28.150711°N 28.728561°E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 30 km (20 mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
The Black Desert (Arabic: الصحراء السوداء, aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ as-sawdāʾ) is a region of volcano-shaped and widely spaced mounds, distributed along about 30 km (19 mi) in western Egypt between the White Desert in the south and the Bahariya Oasis in the north. Most of its mounds are capped by basalt sills, giving them the characteristic black color.[1]
- ^ Ekaterina E. Plyusninaa, Emad S. Sallamb, Dmitry A. Rubana; Geological heritage of the Bahariya and Farafra oases, the central Western Desert of Egypt, Journal of African Earth Sciences (2016).