Great Sand Sea, Matrouh Governorate, Egypti
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Great Sand Sea | Desert |
| Matrouh Governorate | Governorate |
| Egypt | Country |
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Other Languages:
Arabic:
بحر الرمال الأعظم, محافظة مطروح, مصر
Egyptian Arabic:
بحر الرمال الاعظم, محافظة مطروح, مصر
French:
Grande mer de sable, Gouvernorat de Marsa-Matruh, Égypte
German:
Großes Sandmeer, Gouvernement Matruh, Ägypten
Russian:
Великое песчаное море, Матрух, Египет
Simplified Chinese:
埃及大沙海, 馬特魯省, 埃及
Spanish:
Gran mar de arena, Gobernación de Matrú, Egipto
Cebuano:
Great Sand Sea, Muḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ, Ehipto
Croatian:
Egipatsko pješčano more, Egipat
Czech:
Velká písečná poušť, Matrúh, Egypt
Danish:
Store sandhav, Matruh, Egypten
Farsi/Persian:
دریای ماسهای بزرگ, استان مطروح, مصر
Finnish:
Iso Hiekkameri, Matruhin kuvernoraatti, Egypti
Hebrew:
ים החולות הגדול, מחוז מטרוח, מצרים
Hindi:
मिस्री रेत समुद्र, मत्रूह मुहाफ़ज़ाह, मिस्र
Hungarian:
Nagy-homoktenger, Matrúh, Egyiptom
Japanese:
グレート・サンド・シー, マトルーフ県, エジプト
Polish:
Wielkie Morze Piasku, Matruh, Egipt
Portuguese:
Grande Mar de Areia, Matru, Egito
Serbo-Croatian:
Egipatsko pješčano more, Matruh , Egipat
Swedish:
Great Sand Sea, Mersa Matruh, Egypten
Ukrainian:
Велика піщана пустеля, Матрух, Єгипет
The Great Sand Sea is an approximately 72,000 km² sand desert (erg) in the Sahara between western Egypt and eastern Libya in North Africa. Some 74% of the area is covered by sand dunes.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Lechatelierite Formula: SiO2 Reference: Rob Lavinsky |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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| ⓘ | Lechatelierite | 4.DA.30 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Lechatelierite | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Lechatelierite | SiO2 |
Fossils
There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 6 | |||||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 55.8 Ma (Eocene) | |||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 72.1 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) | |||||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | |||||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 2 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sand_Sea |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q3089476 |
| GeoNames ID: | 356473 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
Africa
- Great Sand SeaDesert
African PlateTectonic Plate
- Upper Egypt basinBasin
Egypt
- Western DesertDesert
North Africa
- Sahara DesertDesert
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Great Sand Sea, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt