阿法尔沙漠

ā fǎ ěr shā mò

Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia

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abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

old variant of 法[fa3]

ěr

thus

shā

granule

desert