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Choose a Page:Which is the largest country in th...What was the Soviet Union?Where is the Wailing Wall?When was Israel founded?What made the Gulf States rich?What is the taiga?Which famous railroad crosses Russia?Which is the world's deepest lake?Where is the 'Land of the Nomads'?Which country forms a bridge betwe...What is the Kremlin?Which rivers flow right across Russia?*Where is the Empty Quarter?*Why is the Aral Sea shrinking? Where is the Empty Quarter? The Rub' al Khali, or Empty Quarter, is in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest stretches of sand in the world, and forms part of the Arabian Desert. It is so hot and dry in the Rub' al Khali region that few people ever go there, though Bedouin nomads wander across its edges.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Human World Chapter: Russia and the Middle East