Libyan Desert

The Libyan Desert is an African desert that is located in the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert and occupies southwestern Egypt, eastern Libya and northwestern Sudan. Covering an area of approximately 1,100,000 square kilometers, it is almost the same size of the Indian subcontinent. It is squarish in shape and extends approximately 1,100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south.

Key geographic features of the Libyan Desert

The Qattara Depression

The Qattara Depression, which contains the second lowest point in Africa, is approximately 15,000 square km (about the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island), and is largely below sea level (its lowest point is 133 meters below sea level). The sparsely inhabited Qattara Depression is covered by badlands, salt marshes and salt lakes

Related Topics:
Connecticut - Rhode Island - Badland - Salt marsh - Salt lake

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The Sand Seas

The three sand seas contain dunes up to 110m in height. These cover approx. 25% of the region.

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• Egyptian Sand Sea
• Kalansho Sand Sea
• Ribiana Sand Sea