The Rub' al Khali (/ˈrʊb æl ˈkɑːli/; Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي, [ar.rʊbʕ‿al.χaːliː]) or Empty Quarter is a desert encompassing most of the southern third...

The Rub' al Khali Basin (ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي) or ar-Rubʻ al-Khālī / ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī Basin, Arabic for "Empty Quarter Basin", is a major endorheic sedimentary...

explorer Bertram Thomas had been approaching the southern edge of the Rub' al Khali ("The Empty Quarter"). It was Thomas' ambition to be the first European...

Arabia's Rub' al Khali ("Empty Quarter") in 1932. The vast desert wasteland of southern Saudi Arabia known as the Empty Quarter, or Rub' al Khali in Arabic...

miles) southwest of the city of Abu Dhabi, on the northern edge of Rub' al Khali desert. It is centered around 23°08′N 53°46′E / 23.133°N 53.767°E...

largest desert in the world and the largest in Asia. At its center is Ar-Rub' al-Khali (The Empty Quarter), one of the largest continuous bodies of sand in...

diplomat and explorer who is the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). He was also a scientist who practiced craniofacial...

livestock A range of deserts: the Nefud in the north, which is stony; the Rub' al Khali or Great Arabian Desert in the south, with sand estimated to extend...

forming a bow-like shape that connects an-Nafud desert in the north to Rub' al-Khali desert in the south. Its length is more than 1,000 km (620 miles) siding...

Umm al Hayt (Wadi Hayta) Wadi Dawkah / Wādī Dawkah, in Dhofar Governorate. Coordinates: 18.66667,53.86667 Wadi Ghadun / Wādī Ghudūn (Rub' al Khali), in...

Nepal The Great Khali, an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and former powerlifter Rub' al Khali, a large desert in Arabia Simbi Khali, born April 28...

sultanate is flanked by the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) of Saudi Arabia, all of which contributed to Oman's...

The Umm al Samim (Arabic: أم السّميم) (also known as the Umm as Samim) is a quicksand area on the eastern edge of the Rub al'khali desert largely within...

romanized: Ṣayhad). It extends from al-Khawr to the edge of the Rub' al-Khālī or Empty Quarter. It includes the Yemeni muhafazahs of al-Jawf, Ma'rib and Shabwa....

southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula runs through the Empty Quarter (Rub 'al-Khali). The border demarcation was defined by a 1990 agreement that included...

the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia...

region to the west, the Nafud desert in al-Jawf to the north, ad-Dahna Desert in al-Ahsa to the east, and Rub' al-Khali to the south, although its exact boundaries...

that are greater than 32,000 km2 (12,355 sq mi), the largest being the Rub' al Khali, the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula. Ergs are also found on...

First Order. The scenes on Jakku were filmed in the UAE section of the Rub al Khali desert, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi...

known as Ramlat Khaliya entry point on the Omani side of the border and Rub Al-Khali entry point on the Saudi Arabian side of the border. The establishment...

South and west of Abu Dhabi, vast, rolling sand dunes merge into the Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter) of Saudi Arabia. The desert area of Abu Dhabi includes...

in the west, the western highlands, the eastern highlands, and the Rub' al Khali in the east. The Tihamah ("hot lands" or "hot earth") form a very arid...

fragmented meteorite that fell 6,000 years ago at Wabar, a site in the Rub' al Khali desert 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) east of Mecca. A 2004 scientific analysis...

partially closed in 1948, when a sand cat skin was found in an oasis of the Rub' al Khali in Oman. It is discontinuously distributed in the deserts of the Arabian...

the east by the Hajar Mountains and in the west by the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert. The Al Hajar Mountains separated the Imamate of Oman from Muscat...

pure upstream acreage. Core Venture 1 included south Ghawar and north Rub' Al-Khali, Core Venture 2 included the Red Sea, while Core Venture 3 involved...

Optimum period and of human occupation in the Rub' al Khali during the Umm Al Nar period. Archaeologists believe Al Ashoosh was a seasonal settlement occupied...

Huwayrah Wadi al Masilah Wadi Hibun Wadi Hamir Wadi Hayfari Wadi Tabaqim Wadi Sana Wadi Adim Wadi Hadramawt (Hadhramaut) Wadi Sarr Wadi Amd Wadi al Jiz Wadi...

October 2004, Al-Falih was appointed to the board of directors of Saudi Aramco. He also served as chairman of the board of the South Rub' al-Khali joint venture...

Basement rock dips away from the escarpment with thicker sediments in the Rub' al Khali and the Persian Gulf region. 2 km (1.2 mi) of Paleozoic rocks are exposed...