| Domain | Definition | ||
| Geography | Extensive, nearly level, upland desert surface that is either bare bedrock or bedrock thinly veneered by pebbles, smoothly scoured and polished and generally swept clear in the Sahara. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | An extensive, nearly level, upland desert surface that is either bare bedrock or bedrock thinly veneered by pebbles, smoothly scoured and polished and generally swept clear of sand and dust by wind action; a rock desert of the plateaus, esp.in the Sahara. The term is also used in other regions, as in Western Australia and the Gobi Desert. Etymol: Arabic, hammadah. (references) | ||
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