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Egyptian part of the Libyan Desert
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The Western Desert is part of the Sahara Desert and occupies all of Egypt west of the fertile strip of the Nile to the border with Libya. It is utterly barren, except for six oases, described here.
famous for its beautiful natural landscapes and prehistoric drawings on the cliffs and rock caves.
White Desert National Park (Arabic: محمية الصحراء البيضاء الطبيعية, Maḥmīyat aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-baiḍāʾ aṭ-ṭabīʿīya) is in the Western Desert region of Egypt. It is a large nature reserve in Egypt about 30 kilometres north the depression el-Farāfra.
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