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Syrian Desert (desert) |
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Lat: 32 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 040 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 40.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Extensive desert extending over northern Saudi Arabia, southeast Syria, western Iraq, and northeast Jordan; western portion is known as Al-Hamad (although this name is occasionally used to refer to the entire desert). |
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Syrian Desert (preferred,C,O)
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Shām, Bādiyat ash (C,V)
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Bādiyat ash Shām (C,V)
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Shām, Bādiyat ash- (C,V)
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Badiet-es Cham (C,V)
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بادية الشام (C,V)
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