Nefud Desert
[ nuh-food-dez-ert ]
noun
a desert in northern Saudi Arabia: areas of reddish sand. About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- Also called An Na·fud [anna-food], /ˈæn næˈfud/, Na·fud [na-food]; /næˈfud/; Ne·fud, Nu·fud [nuh-food], /nəˈfud/, Red Desert .
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How to use Nefud Desert in a sentence
Of birds the ostrich is found in the Nafud and in the W. Dawasir.
Owing to the great extent of the Nafud desert, the formation of sand-dunes is exemplified on a proportionate scale.
In the south of the Nafud, where Huber found the prevailing wind to be from the south, the falks are turned in that direction.
The northern edge of this great desert follows very nearly the line of the thirtieth parallel, along which The Nafud.
East of Nejd a strip of sandy desert 50 m. in width extends almost continuously from the great Nafud to the Dahna.
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