Erg (landform) Erg (landform) An erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes) is a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. The term takes its name from the Arabic word "ʿarq" (), meaning "dune field". Strictly speaking, an erg is defined as a desert area that contains more than of aeolian or wind-blown sand and where sand covers more than 20% of the surface. Smaller areas are known as "dune fields". The largest hot desert in the world, the Sahara, covers and contains several ergs, such as
What Love Is Made Of three minutes and fifty-five seconds (3:55), "What Love Is Made Of" is an uptempo dance and house track that has been described as "rave-y" and "trance-y". Its instrumentation contains the sounds of pianos and synthesizers. Jordan Sargent of "Spin" observed that it continued the musical style first introduced in Katy's 2012 extended play (EP), "Danger EP", which was "straight-forward house". Idolator's Sam Lansky compared her performance in the song to recording artist Siobhán Donaghy. Critical response to "What Love Is Made Of" was generally positive: most critics noted Katy's vocal performance and commended its sound. Siân Rowe from "NME" was