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.
Arabic nouns and adjectives to ones ending in , with the masculine and feminine ' being used as adjectival forms of the concept-noun (e.g. ) depending on agreement. Thus the feminine ' of ' "partnership, cooperation, participation (definite)", ' is the Arabic word for "socialism," and the word "socialist" (both as an adjective and as the term for one who believes in socialism) is ' in the masculine and "" in the feminine. The Arabic has given rise to English adjectives of nationality for Arabic countries: Iraq"i" (from ), Kuwait"i" (from ), etc. Every verb has associated active and passive participles, as well as