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Geography - note Libya, in 24 editions.
The entry for Libya published Geography - note in 24 editions of 36, from 2002 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 3
- the first edition with it
- 2002
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Geography - note” (2002 to 2025).
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2002 edition
First publishedThe same text in 16 editions, 2002 to 2017.
more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
The same text in 6 editions, 2018 to 2023.
note 1: more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
note 2: the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis - the name means "oasis of mosquitoes" - containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various insects and a large diversity of birds
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
note 1: more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
note 2: the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis - the name means "oasis of mosquitoes" - containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various insects and a large diversity of birds
note 1: more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
note 2: the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis -- the name means "oasis of mosquitoes" -- containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various insects and a large diversity of birds
note 1: more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
note 2: the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis - -- the name means "oasis of mosquitoes" - -- containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various insects and a large diversity of birds
note 1: more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
note 2: the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis -- the name means "oasis of mosquitoes" -- containing several small lakes that host many species of insects and birds
note 1: more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
note 2: the volcano Waw an Namus lies in south central Libya in the middle of the Sahara; the caldera is an oasis -- the name means "oasis of mosquitoes" -- containing several small lakes surrounded by vegetation and hosting various that host many species of insects and a large diversity of birds
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Libya: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 2002–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/libya/geography-note.