Rebiana Sand Sea

Rabyanah Sand Sea بحر الرمال ربيانة
Desert
Phoenix dactylifera Saharan date palm in the Saharan Libyan Desert, Cyrenaica - Southeastern Libya.
Rabyanah Sand Sea
Coordinates: 25°0′N 19°0′E
Location	Libya
Part of	Libyan Desert, Sahara
Area
• Total	65,000 km^2 (25,000 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)

The Rabyanah Sand Sea, Rabyanah, is a sand desert region spanning approximately 65,000 km² in southeastern Libya.^[1]

Geography

The area of the Rabyanah Sand Sea is in the western part of the Libyan Desert in the Kufra District of the Cyrenaica region. It is named after the oasis town of Rabyanah located towards its eastern end.

Together with the Calanshio Sand Sea and the Great Sand Sea, the Rabyanah Sand Sea is part of the greater Libyan Desert.^[2]

See also

• Libyan Desert
  • Calanshio Sand Sea
  • Great Sand Sea

References

1. Desert Geomorphology, p. 403
2. Besler, Helga (2008). The Great Sand Sea in Egypt: Formation, Dynamics and Environmental Change: A Sediment-Analytical Approach. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-0-444-52941-1.