Nubian Desert

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Nubian Desert

The Nubian Desert (صحراء النوبة‎ Şaḩrā’ an Nūbyah) is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, spanning approximately 400,000 km² of northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea. The arid region, a largely sandstone plateau, has lots of wadis flowing towards the Nile . There is virtually no rainfall in the Nubian, and there are no oases. The traditional inhabitants of the area are the Nubians. The Nubian Desert affected the civilization in ancient Egypt in many ways.
The Nubian desert is the only habitat for the critically endangered palm Medemia argun, which only appears rarely in some oases in the desert.