On which continent is the Nubian Desert located?

Africa
Nubian desert/continent

Nubia, ancient region of northeastern Africa, extending roughly from the Nile Valley (near the first cataract in Upper Egypt) east to the shores of the Red Sea, south to around Khartoum (in present-day Sudan), and west to the Libyan Desert.

Where is the Nubian Desert?

northeastern Sudan
Nubian desert, Arabic As-ṣaḥrāʾ An-nūbīya, desert in northeastern Sudan. It is separated from the Libyan desert by the Nile valley to the west, while to the north lies Egypt; to the east, the Red Sea; and to the south the Nile again.

Nubians (/ˈnuːbiənz, ˈnjuː-/) are an ethno-linguistic group of people indigenous to the region that is now present-day northern Sudan and southern Egypt. They are descended from the early inhabitants of the central Nile Valley, believed to be one of the earliest cradles of civilization.

Are the Nubians North African?

They are descended from an ancient African civilization that ruled an empire that at its height spanned the northeast corner of the continent. Most Nubians lived along the Nile in what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan—a region often referred to as Nubia.

Is the Nubian Desert in the Sahara Desert?

The Nubian Desert is located in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert and spans approximately 400,000 km² of northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea. The dry region is rugged, rocky and largely a sandstone plateau, contains some sand dunes and has many wadis flowing towards the Nile. There is virtually no…

Is the northern part of Sudan part of the Sahara desert?

Northern Sudan including Sudan's capital Khartoum is part of the Nubian Desert. The Nile divides North Sudan into a western and eastern part. While west of the Nile the part is called the Libyan desert, east of the Nile the part called the Nubian desert. However, the northern part of Sudan belongs to the Sahara desert.

Where was the largest city in the Nubian desert?

Merchants and traders from ancient Egypt would travel across the Nubian desert to buy gold, cloth, stone, food and much more from the ancient civilization of Nubia. The largest city in the Nubian desert is Port Sudan, located at the eastern end of the desert by the Red Sea.

The dry region is rugged and rocky and contains some sand dunes, it also contains many wadis that die out before reaching the Nile. The average annual rainfall in the Nubian desert is less than 130 mm. The native inhabitants of the area are the Nubians.