Great Sandy Desert

noun

1. a desert in northwestern Australia. About 300 miles (485 km) long; 500 miles (800 km) wide; about 160,000 sq. mi. (414,400 sq. km).
2. Rubʿ al Khali.

Great Sandy Desert

noun

1. a desert in NW Australia. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles)
2. an English name for the Rub` al Khali

Example Sentences

The great sandy desert which lies between the Indus and Rajpootana has, perhaps, a future under British rule.

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From the reef she passed on over a great sandy desert, where the worms lay in rings, and the fresh-water mussels in colonies.

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This is the margin of the great sandy desert which occupies all the interior of Eastern Turkestan.

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