Ergs

Connected Sites: 5

WHS set within or containing an "Erg". Defined in Wiki thus - "An erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes) is a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. The word is derived from the Arabic word ʿarq (عرق), meaning "dune field". Strictly speaking, an erg is defined as a desert area that contains more than 125 km2 (48 sq mi) of aeolian or wind-blown sand[3] and where sand covers more than 20% of the surface." Provide a reference which demonstrates that the WHS includes such an area.

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Connected Sites

El Pinacate
Inscribed: 2013
3.08
21
5
"The Gran Altar Desert, North America's Largest Field Of Active Sand Dunes And Only Active Erg Dunes" (Ab Ev)
Namib Sand Sea
Inscribed: 2013
4.08
139
4
Numerous Mentions In The Nom File. Eg "The Ephemeral Water Courses Flowing Into The Erg Form Oases Sparsely Marked By Trees"
Air and Téneré
Inscribed: 1991
3.14
4
1
"The "Live Dunes" Of The Téneré Are An Example Of Erosion Under Way The Landscape Is Rapidly Modified On A Geological Time Scale By The Displacement And Deposition Of Sand" (Iucn Eval). There Is No Nom File But The Actual Word Is Applied On The Site's Unesco Page With A Photo Of "A Dune Sea (Erg) Between Fachi And Bilma."
Lut Desert
Inscribed: 2016
3.40
33
3
".... 6 - Star Dunes With Cresentic Ridge (Central Erg), ......8 - Linear Dunes With Silk And Chaotic Dunes And Some Outcrop Of Lut Formation (Southern Erg) ...." . From List Of Inscribed Areas In Nom File
'Uruq Bani Ma'arid
Inscribed: 2023
2.59
11
1
"35 Longitudinal Sand Dunes (‘Uruq In Arabic) Reach Up To 200 Km In Length And Rise Up To 170 M In Height." (Ab Ev)