Grand Erg Occidental
Grand Erg Occidental
العرق الغربي الكبير | |
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The landscape of the Grand Erg Occidental east of Taghit | |
Major Saharan topography, showing the Grand Erg Occidental in yellow at top center, left. | |
| Coordinates: 30°31′N 0°32′E / 30.517°N 0.533°E | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Area | |
• Total | 75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 550 km (340 mi) |
| • Width | 340 km (210 mi) |
| Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 45,000 |
| • Density | 0.60/km2 (1.6/sq mi) |
| (Estimation) | |
The Grand Erg Occidental, (also known as the Western Sand Sea), Arabic العرق الغربي الكبير (al-ʿIrq al-Ḡarbī al-Kabīr), is an erg in the northern center of the Algerian Sahara. It is the third largest erg in Algeria after the Erg Chech and the Grand Erg Oriental.