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2 days ago · 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).
The sky is usually clear above the desert, and the sunshine duration is extremely high everywhere in the Sahara. Most of the desert has more than 3,600 hours of bright sunshine per year (over 82% of daylight hours), and a wide area in the eastern part has over 4,000 hours of bright sunshine per year (over 91% of daylight hours).
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.
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Photo Map. Other than the vast expanses of ice desert in the Antarctic and Arctic, the Sahara, encompassing most of northern Africa, is the world's largest desert.
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Location of Sahara Desert and the Countries it Covers. The Red Sea surrounds the Sahara on the east, the Atlantic Ocean on the west, on the north the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahel, a semi-arid tropical savannah of Sudan and the Valley of River Niger of Sub Saharan Africa on the south.
Dec 26, 2023 · Physical map of Western Sahara showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about Western Sahara.
