Nubian Desert

(Arabic صحراء النوبة, En Nuba - a desert in Africa, the eastern part of the Sahara.

Located between the Nile and the Etbai ridge; in the north (22 ° north latitude) passes into the Arabian desert. The area is 1 240 000 km² (one of the largest deserts in the world). Most are in the Sudan, the smaller is in the south of Egypt.

The relief is dominated by plateaus, stepwise decreasing from east to west from 1000 to 350 m; in the west of the desert there are island mountains up to 1240 m in height. In the east, the ancient rocks of the Nubian-Arabian shield and Nubian sandstones are exposed, which are hidden in the west of the desert under the sands.

The plateau is densely dissected by dry riverbeds (wadi), running in wide valleys. The average height above sea level is 500 meters; The highest point is the Oda mountain with a height of 2259 meters.