Editing Rub' al Khali (section)

{{Short description|Desert in the Arabian Peninsula}}
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|name               = Rub' al Khali
|other_name         = {{lang|ar|ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي}}
|photo              = Rub al Khali 002.JPG
|photo_caption      = Sand dunes to the east of [[Liwa Oasis]] in the [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi]], near the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]'s border with [[Saudi Arabia]]
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|map_image          = Rub-al-Jali.svg
|map_caption        = Location of the Empty Quarter in the Arabian Peninsula
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|country1           = {{OMN}}
|country2           = {{UAE}}
|country3           = {{YEM}}
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|elevation          = 
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|length             = 
|length_mi          = 621.371 
|length_km          = 1000 
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|width_km           = 500 
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|area_km2           = 650010
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The '''Rub' al Khali'''<ref group="note">Other [[Arabic transliteration|standardized transliterations]] include: {{Transliteration|ar|ar-Rubʻ al-Khālī}}/{{Transliteration|ar|Wehr|ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī}}. The ''{{Transliteration|ar|ar-}}'' is the [[Sun and moon letters|assimilated]] Arabic [[definite article]], ''{{Transliteration|ar|al-}}'', which can also be transliterated as ''{{Transliteration|ar|al-}}''.</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ʊ|b|_|æ|l|_|ˈ|k|ɑː|l|i}};<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rub-al-khali "Rub' al Khali"]. ''[[Collins English Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{langx|ar|ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي}}, {{IPA|ar|ar.rʊbʕ‿al.χaːliː|}}) or '''Empty Quarter''' is a [[desert]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Saudi Arabia: an environmental overview |year=2008 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-41387-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vacv2wy3yd8C&pg=PA141 |author=Peter Vincent |access-date=22 August 2010 |page=141}}</ref> encompassing most of the southern third of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. The desert covers some {{convert|650000|km2|abbr=on}} (the area of [[longitude|long.]] 44.5°−56.5°E, and [[latitude|lat.]] 16.5°−23.0°N), including parts of [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Oman]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Yemen]].<ref name="Lakes">{{cite journal |url=https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/198903/lakes.of.the.rub.al-khali.htm |access-date=22 August 2010 |pages= 28–33 |first= Arthur |last= Clark |date= June 1989 |title=Lakes of the Rub' al-Khali |journal= Saudi Aramco World |volume= 40 |issue= 3 |issn= 0003-7567 |editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Amdt}}</ref> It is part of the larger [[Arabian Desert]].