Rub al Khali

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Rub al Khali, also known as the Empty Quarter, is one of the world’s largest continuous sand deserts, covering much of the southern Arabian Peninsula with vast dunes and extreme arid conditions.

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Generate an image of Rub al Khali (Rub al Khali, also known as the Empty Quarter, is one of the world’s largest continuous sand deserts, covering much of the southern Arabian Peninsula with vast dunes and extreme arid conditions.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf desert ⓘ
erg ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
sand desert ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
annualRainfall less than 50 millimeters ⓘ
often less than 35 millimeters ⓘ
area approximately 250000 square miles ⓘ
approximately 650000 square kilometers ⓘ
biome desert biome ⓘ
borderedBy Hadhramaut region ⓘ
linked to: Hadhramaut

Najd region ⓘ
linked to: Najd

Oman Mountains (to the east, at some distance) ⓘ
linked to: Oman Mountains
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
hyper-arid ⓘ
contains natural gas fields ⓘ
oil fields ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Oman ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
economicActivity hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ
limited pastoralism at margins ⓘ
exploredBy Bertram Thomas ⓘ
St. John Philby ⓘ
Wilfred Thesiger ⓘ
fauna desert-adapted reptiles ⓘ
insects adapted to desert environment ⓘ
small mammals adapted to arid conditions ⓘ
feature interdune sabkhas ⓘ
large sand seas ⓘ
very high sand dunes ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ar-Rubʿ al-Khālī ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
hasLanguageRegion Arabic ⓘ
highestDunesHeight over 250 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
southern Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
maximumTemperature above 50 degrees Celsius ⓘ
minimumTemperature can fall near freezing in winter nights ⓘ
nameMeaning the empty quarter in Arabic ⓘ
notableFor extreme aridity ⓘ
harsh living conditions ⓘ
one of the world’s largest continuous sand deserts ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ
partOf Arabian Desert ⓘ
terrain gravel plains ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Al Murrah tribe ⓘ
Bedouin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Bedouin communities

Mahnā tribe ⓘ
linked to: Al Murrah tribe
vegetation very sparse xerophytic shrubs ⓘ

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Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabian Peninsula → contains → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → contains → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Arabian Desert → hasPart → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Arabian Desert → hasPart → An Nafud Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Rub al Khali → alsoKnownAs → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Rub al Khali → hasAlternativeName → Ar-Rubʿ al-Khālī ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Southern Arabia → borderedBy → Rub al Khali Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Najd → borders → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Ad Dahna Desert → links → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Ad Dahna Desert → linkedDesertToSouth → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Ad Dahna Desert → linkedDesertToSouth → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Al-Ahsa Oasis → locatedNear → Rub' al Khali Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shaybah oil field → locatedIn → Rub’ al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shaybah oil field → locatedInDesert → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Wadi ad-Dawasir Governorate → borderingFeature → Rub al Khali Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Al Murrah tribe → historicalTerritory → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Al Murrah tribe → historicalTerritory → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Al Murrah tribe → associatedDesert → Rub al Khali ⓘ
St. John Philby → notableWork → The Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Wilfred Thesiger → traveledTo → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Wilfred Thesiger → traveledTo → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Najran → nearbyGeographicFeature → Rub al Khali Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Sharurah → locatedInDesert → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Bertram Thomas → traveledThrough → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Nefud Desert → separatedFrom → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Nefud Desert → isNorthOf → Rub al Khali ⓘ
An Nafud → separatedFrom → Rub al Khali ⓘ
An Nafud → formsWith → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Hadramawt → borders → Rub al Khali desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception → setting → Rub' al Khali Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shah sour gas field → locatedIn → Rub al Khali desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Wadi Hadhramaut → borderingRegion → Rub al Khali Desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Najd Plateau → borders → Rub al Khali ⓘ
Shaybah residential and industrial complex → locatedIn → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shaybah residential and industrial complex → locatedInDesert → Rub' al Khali desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shaybah Airport → locatedIn → Rub' al Khali desert ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Shaybah Airport
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shaybah Airport → servesRegion → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Shaybah Airport
linked to: Rub al Khali
Shaybah Airport → locatedIn → Empty Quarter ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Shaybah Airport
linked to: Rub al Khali
central Najd plateau → borders → Rub al Khali desert ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
crossing of the Rub' al Khali → locatedIn → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
crossing of the Rub' al Khali → locatedIn → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Arabian Sands → mainSubject → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Arabian Sands → mainSubject → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Arabian Sands → mainSubject → Empty Quarter ⓘ
subject linked to: Arabian Sands (1959)
linked to: Rub al Khali
Arabian Sands → mainSubject → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
subject linked to: Arabian Sands (1959)
linked to: Rub al Khali
Arabian Sands → settingLocation → Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: Arabian Sands (1959)
linked to: Rub al Khali
Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 → hasLocation → Rub' al Khali ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali
Rub' al Khali crossing 1930 → hasLocation → Empty Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Rub al Khali