Ken wrote:
> 
> Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> > I read one of the Dune books, and apparently, almost all of the land of
> > Arrakis was just sand with no rock structures. There was a huge "wall"
> > of rock, I think it was artificial(maybe that is what happened to the
> > rock formations, they were scavenged for construction material. I don't
> > remember very well, though).

As far as I can remember, the rock formation was natural.  They built
the city there to protect it from the worms.

> 
> In Dune the movie they clearly showed isolated outcrops of rock scattered
> about the planet but yes everywhere else the planet was fine grained sand
> dunes.

Except in the South.  There are rumours of oases and green rolling
hills, but they are only rumours as the Guild's Sattelites are forbidden
from flying over this area.

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