Grand Erg Occidental Grand Erg Occidental The Grand Erg Occidental (, al-ʿIrq al-Gharbī al-Kabīr), (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximately . The sand dunes in the erg are formed by the wind, and can be up to high. Certain crescent-shaped dunes, known as barchans, are actually mobile; the wind can push these dunes as much as 20 to 30 m (65-100 ft) in one year. It is a desert natural region that receives less than 50 mm (1,96 in) of rainfall per year.
Erg (comics) refuge on Utopia, and participated in the fight against the attacking Nimrods. Erg is a mutant who is able to absorb all forms of energy and project them in blasts from his right eye, which he calls his "electric eye". Erg has appeared in a few episodes of the "X-Men: The Animated Series" with his fellow Morlocks and fought the X-Men. Erg (comics) Erg is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Erg's first appearance was in "Power Pack" #12 (July 1985), and he was created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman. The character