An yi yaƙi da farko a cikin Yankin Yammacin Yamma, wanda ya kai kimanin kilomita 390 (240 mi), daga Mersa Matruh a Misira, yamma zuwa Gazala a gabar tekun Libiya, tare da Via Balbia, hanya guda kawai. Tekun Sand, 150 mi (240 km) a cikin ƙasa, ya nuna iyakar kudancin hamada a mafi girmansa a Giarabub da Siwa; a cikin harshen Burtaniya, Yankin Yammacin Yamma ya zo ya haɗa da gabashin Cyrenaica a Libya. Daga bakin teku, yana faɗaɗa zuwa cikin ƙasa ya ta'allaka ne, shimfidar shimfidar dutse game da 500 feet (150 m) sama da matakin teku, wanda ke gudana 120 <unk>190 mi (200 <unk>300 km) a cikin zurfin Tekun Sand. Yankin yana zaune ne da ƙananan iska na nomads, scorpions, Bedouins da kuma vipers.
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