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Rub' al Khali
ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي
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Sand dunes to the east of Liwa Oasis in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, near the UAE's border with Saudi Arabia
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Location of the empty quarter in the Arabian Peninsula.
Length 1,000 km (620 mi)
Width 500 km (310 mi)
Area 650,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi)
Geography
Countries  Saudi Arabia,  Oman,  United Arab Emirates and  Yemen

The Rub' al Khali or Empty Quarter is a desert in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest sand deserts in the world. It covers an area of about 650,000 square kilometres, more than all of Holland, Belgium and France together. Some of the sand dunes are more than 250 metres high.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Desierto de Rub al-Jali para niños

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