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Desert Rub’ Al-Khali Is the Largest “Sand Sea” in the World, but It Was a 138-Foot-Deep Thriving Lake 8,000 Years AgoResearchers believe rainfall and flooding changed the landscape of the arid desert to a green area some 8,000 years ago.
According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...
Monsoonal imprint on late Quaternary landscapes of the Rub’ al Khali Desert. Communications Earth & Environment , 2025; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02224-1 Cite This Page : ...
Scientists managed to reconstruct the ancient landscape of the Rub’ al-Khali, providing evidence of the existence of an extinct hydrographic network and a large lake that transformed this desert into ...
Rub’ al-Khali is the largest “sand sea” in the ... and pastoral groups into what is now a dry, barren desert,” Michael Petraglia, a researcher on the study, said in the press release.
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