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Al-Dahna Desert, or small al-Nafud, is the third-largest desert in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose boundaries are shared by five administrative regions. Its sand formations begin in the Northern Border Region, and extend downward into the Ha’il Region, then al-Qassim and Riyadh regions, all the way to the Eastern Province. Area of al-Dahna Desert Al-Dahna Desert has an area of forty-five thousand km 2 , representing 7.1 percent of the aggregate sand clusters in the Kingdom. Al-Dahna Desert...

The deserts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are the sandy accumulations spread across the country's map. Despite the prevailing stereotype that the Kingdom is a desert country, deserts only represent 31.75 percent of its diverse surface features. Within the range of the Kingdom's deserts lies the Empty Quarter Desert, the largest continuous gathering of sand in the world. The deserts have various names in the local dialects, including: Nufud, Ti's, Uruq, Irq, and Niqa. Given the v...

Al-Rub' Al-Khali (Empty Quarter) Desert is the largest dune in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest sand surface in the world, covering an area of about 430,000 km2 within Saudi territory. Located in the southeast of Saudi Arabia, it spans three administrative regions: the Eastern Province, the Riyadh Province, and the Najran Province. It occupies 67.7 percent of the total sand formations in Saudi Arabia and covers 22 percent of the total area of Saudi Arabia. Al-Rub' Al-Kh...