Great Sand Sea

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Sand_Sea

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:grass
gptkbp:area	~72,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Qattara_Depression
gptkbp:climate	hyper-arid
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Bahariya_Oasis gptkb:Dakhla_Oasis gptkb:Farafra_Oasis gptkb:Kharga_Oasis gptkb:Siwa_Oasis
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Libya
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Friedrich_Gerhard_Rohlfs
gptkbp:discoveredIn	1873
gptkbp:extendsTo	gptkb:Siwa_Oasis gptkb:Gilf_Kebir_Plateau
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Sand Sea
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Libyan_Desert_Glass
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Libya
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:ward large sand dunes
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Sahara_Desert
gptkbp:sandDuneHeight	up to 100 meters
gptkbp:sandDuneLength	up to 100 km
gptkbp:type	gptkb:ward
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:beach
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5