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Empty Quarter

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Empty Quarter
vast desert in the Arabian peninsula. [Geography: EB, VIII: 703]
See : Barrenness
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The other regions identified in "The Nine Nations of North America," are the Breadbasket, Dixie, Ecotopia, the Empty Quarter, the Islands, Mexamerica, New England and Quebec regions (Fig.
Defining a continent: in case you didn't know .. by Modern Casting
The Kalahari, the Gobi, and the Empty Quarter all have their fans, but when it comes to the "real" desert nearly everyone fixates on the immense Sahara.
Tayler, Jeffrey. Glory in a camel's eye; a perilous trek through the ... by Puffer, Raymond / Kliatt
We no longer 'for lust of knowing what should not be known' take Flecker's Golden Road to Samarkand, (1) but arrive by 747 and find the city equipped with efficient trolleybuses; Machu Picchu is overrun by parties of well drilled hikers and littered with Kodak packaging; the sands of the empty quarter of Arabia are woven into ruts by the tracks of four-wheel-drive Toyotas.
In place: in cherishing the particular against a corrosive tide of ... by Davey, Peter / The Architectural Review
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