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Below is a list of some of the areas featured in our Natural Emirates on-line tour that are of geographical interest. For the full tour click here

Gravel river terraces - Sabbkha Matti
Ancient domestic refuse dumps - Sila
Cistern - Kafai
Camel grazing - desert areas
Low sandy desert - Abu Dhabi's Western Region
Desert oilfields - Abu Dhabi
Lagoonal complex - Abu Dhabi
Dew forest - Abu Dhabi
Desert - Abu Dhabi south east
Rock formations - Shuweihat
Wildlife in the desert

Topography - Sir Bani Yas
Salt deposits - Qarnein
The largest island - Abu al-Abyadh
Agricultual development - Wadi Reum area
High dunes - Liwa
The depths of the desert
The Empty Quarter - Rub al-Khali
Marine reserve - Bu Tinah
Mangrove - Marawah
Mangrove - Khor Kalba
Life in the inland desert

Oil - Das Island
Landscape - Umm al-Zumul
Igneous intrusions - Sir Abu Nu'air
Barrier island - Sa'adiyat
Wadis - Hajar Mountains
Landscape - Jebel Hafit
Varied topography - Shwaib
Farming - Hatta
Fishing village - Sham
Marshlands - Dhayah
Wadi - Khabb Shamsi
Green fields - Dibba


Geology

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Dunes, climatic changes, sabkhas
Ophiolites
Fossils overview
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Gerbil teeth
Fossils - general
Gypsum formation
Sea urchin
Rudist
Skull of gazelle
Fossil lakebed sediment - Ayn al-Faydah
Nummulites, crab claws etc.
 Marine fossils - Jebel Hafit
Invertebrates and plants
Vertebrates
Moving continents
Habitat formation
Marine rock - 150 million years ago
Jurassic / Cretaceous fossils
Cretaceous fossils
Simsima formation
Miocene rocks
Fossil records - Sabka Matti

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