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The Sahara (/ s ə ˈ h ɑːr ə /, / s ə ˈ h ær ə /) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.
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Jul 13, 2024 · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).
Feb 5, 2024 · The largest hot desert in the world is vast and desolate, yet the Sahara is also home to a diverse array of plant, animal, and human life. By Stephen C. George. Feb 5, 2024 11:00 AM. Nomads leading a camel in the Sahara Desert, Morocco. (Credit: CherylRamalho/Shutterstock)
Oct 29, 2021 · Map showing the extent of the Sahara Desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert covers vast parts of 11 North African nations including Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, and Sudan within its boundaries.
Sahara, Largest desert in the world, encompassing almost all of northern Africa. Covering an area of about 3.3 million sq mi (8.6 million sq km), it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sahel region.
The Sahara desert | Ecosystems. Incredible Earth. 1.48K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.4K. 231K views 4 years ago. Let's explore the extreme, yet beautiful landscapes of the Sahara desert. Follow...
3 days ago · The Sahara is built up of a diverse amount of geographic landscapes, comprising mainly of sand dunes, gravel plains, rocky plateaus, and even some mountain ranges, such as the Ahaggar (with peaks rising above 9,500 feet) and Tibesti ranges (containing Mount Emi Koussi, a peak that rises a lofty 11,204 feet). Its iconic sand dunes, particularly in Algeria and Libya, can reach heights of up to ...
Nov 1, 2019 · The Sahara is the world's largest and most legendary subtropical desert, but knowledge about it is surprisingly limited. Even estimates of when it formed vary widely, from more than five million...
Apr 8, 2005 · With Matthew McConaughey, Mark Aspinall, Steve Zahn, Rakie Ayola. Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.
