British explorer Harry St. John Philby, while searching for the mythical city of Ubar in this region, discovered the meteor impact site of Wabar due to a mistranslation.
British explorer Harry St. John Philby, while searching for the mythical city of Ubar in this region, discovered the meteor impact site of Wabar due to a mistranslation. Bordered on the north by the highland region called the Nejd and on the south by the Hadhramaut plateau, it is home to al-Ghawar, one of the world's largest oil fields. A corridor of gravel plains known as the Dahna connects it with the Nafud desert to the north. Arabic for "empty quarter," this is, FTP, what largest sand desert on Earth, comprising approximately 25% of Saudi Arabia?
British explorer Harry St. John Philby, while searching for the mythical city of Ubar in this region, discovered the meteor impact site of Wabar due to a mistranslation.
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