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Sand Dunes of Erg Chebbi Erg Chebbi is located in

the Sahara Desert. It is one of Morocco's two Saharan ergs (large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand). The other is Erg Chigaga near M'hamid. The dunes reach a height of up to 492 feet (150m) in places and span an area of 31 miles (50km) from north to south and up to 6 miles (10km) from east to west lining the Algerian border.