The Weather in Saudi Arabia
The weather in Saudi
Arabia is dry in the summer is very hot and in the severe winter cold. Strong winds pulled up great clouds of
dust from the An Nafud desert in northern Saudi Arabia on October 22, 2004.
Violent wind storms are common in the An Nafud, the oval of red sand in the
lower left corner of the image. Not only do the winds kick up sand storms such
as this one, over time they have formed long dunes. Resembling waves on a sea
of sand, the dunes are visible in the above image, but easier to see in the
large image provided in the link above. This particular sand storm has swept
out of the An Nafud basin over the Syrian Desert and the Iraqi border, and into
the web of green formed by the Tigris and Euphrates River valleys. Along the
right edge of the image, the rivers are emptying tan plumes of sediment into
the Persian Gulf. The sediment fades into green and blue swirls as it diffuses
in the Gulf waters. The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor aboard the
OrbView-2 satellite captured this image on October 22, 2004.
Munirah,
ReplyDeleteDid you copy this information? Write in your own words. These are not words used by a student in Inter1.
"the dunes are visible in the above image" I don't see an image.
What does this mean "and into the web of green formed "?
What does this mean " The sediment fades into green and blue swirls as it diffuses in the Gulf waters."
Carol