Three Sand Seas
The three sand seas, which contain dunes up to 512 meters in height, cover approximately one quarter of the region. They include:
- Great Sand Sea
- Calanshio Sand Sea
- Rebiana Sand Sea
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Famous quotes containing the words sand and/or seas:
“The desert encroaches on the garden. No matter. Sand will do as well as flowers.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Thy seas in delicate haze
Go off; those mooned sands forsake their place;
And where they are, shall other seas in turn
Mow with their scythes of whiteness other bays.”
—Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)