File:Sudan dust storm - NASA.jpg

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DescriptionSudan dust storm - NASA.jpg	English: A river of desert dust flows over Sudan (left), over the Red Sea, and on to Saudi Arabia in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from the Terra satellite on June 26, 2003. At left, the green ribbon winding its way through the arid terrain is the Nile River.
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21:18, 24 October 2005	2,000 × 1,500 (356,004 bytes)	w:en:Brian0918 (talk \| contribs)	()
21:14, 24 October 2005	4,000 × 3,000 (1,013,218 bytes)	w:en:Brian0918 (talk \| contribs)	(A river of desert dust flows over [[Sudan]] (left), over the [[Red Sea]], and on to [[Saudi Arabia]] in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from the Terra satellite on June 26, 2003. At left, the green ribbon winding its way through)

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	09:21, 21 August 2012		2,000 × 1,500 (348 KB)	Bulwersator	Transferred from en.wikipedia: see original upload log above

File usage

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Marine sediment

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Usage on es.wikipedia.org
- Geografía de Sudán
- Sedimento marino
Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Désert de Nubie
Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
- 海底堆積物
Usage on pt.wikipedia.org
- Deserto da Núbia