- Grand Erg Occidental
The Grand Erg Occidental (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern
Algeria , behind theGrand Erg Oriental . This truedesert region receives less than 25 cm (10 in) ofrainfall per year. [cite web | url=http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS059-238-88 | title=STS059-238-088 Grand Erg Occidental, North Central Algeria April 1994 | work=Earth from Space | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2007-01-18] It contains no human villages and there are no roads through it. [cite web | url=http://lexicorient.com/algeria/g_erg_oc.htm | title=GRAND ERG OCCIDENTAL: The endless dunes | work=Adventures in Algeria | publisher=LexicOrient | accessdate=2007-01-18]References
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