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The Grand Bara and Petit Bara are the remains of dried up lake beds. They form vast arid plains in the centre of
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642:25 November
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89:Coordinates
74:Arta Region
1652:Categories
1573:Antarctica
1536:Patagonian
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1461:Strzelecki
1354:Red Desert
1294:Forty Mile
1279:Chihuahuan
1259:Black Rock
1075:South Asia
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835:Tanezrouft
508:2880329426
482:References
253:) and the
235:Oryx beisa
231:Beisa oryx
131:Grand Bara
102:42°36′36″E
99:11°14′06″N
22:Grand Bara
1603:Greenland
1565:Antarctic
1413:Australia
1289:Escalante
1226:Deliblato
1083:Cholistan
1000:East Asia
800:Moçâmedes
524:cite book
168:Geography
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143:Bara Wein
47:Geography
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1249:Amargosa
1221:Tabernas
1211:Monegros
1161:Registan
965:Moiynkum
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872:Ad-Dahna
790:Kalahari
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56:Djibouti
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887:Judaean
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686:deserts
273:Climate
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223:gerenuk
181:Ecology
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1193:Europe
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1043:Kubuqi
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985:Taukum
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830:Sahara
810:Nubian
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