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Friday, December 6, 2013

The Empty Quarter Needs A Friend

The Empty Quarter (or Rub' al Khali) is the largest sand desert in the world. Rub' al Khali is located in the Arabian Peninsula. Even though it is called a "quarter" meaning 1/5 Rub' al Khali is actually about one third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers a whopping 650,000 square kilometers (250,000 sq mi).
 
The quarter even covers an area of 650,000 km2! The elevation varies from 800 meters to sea level. The entire desert is covered in sand as well. The climate is classified as "hyper-arid" with an annual rain-fall of 30 millimeters. Rub' al Khali reaches temperatures of 117 °F to 133 °F.
All that lives in this quarter are scorpions and rodents, there are also a few plants. The quarter is even rich with oil!
Even with all his oil, no one lives in The Empty Quarter, Rub' al Khali has no friends. Though he is hot and pretty much
impossible to live in, will you be his friend? What do you think of the Empty Quarter and would you live there if you had
food and drink sources?
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