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The Sahara desert, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), includes the hyper-arid center of the Sahara, between latitudes 18° N and 30° N. It is one of several desert and xeric shrubland ecoregions that cover the northern portion of the African continent.
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 .
Jun 15, 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).
Aug 1, 2017 · The variations in elevation, temperature, rainfall, and soil divides the Sahara Desert into several distinct ecoregions with distinct communities of plants and animals.
Oct 29, 2021 · The Sahara Desert ecoregion covers an area of 4,639,900 sq. km in the central part of the Sahara Desert. The South Saharan steppe and woodlands ecoregion covers an area of 1,101,700 sq. km and runs from the east to the west direction between the hot Sahara Desert and the humid Sahel savannas.
The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest hot desert and second largest desert after Antarctica at over 3.5 million square miles (9 million square kilometers). Almost as large as the United States, it crosses the borders of 11 nations.
The South Sahara Desert ecoregion crosses the African continent from the southern corner of Western Sahara and the northern half of Mauritania, to the northern part of Mali, southern Algeria, northern Niger, Chad, Sudan, and southeastern Egypt.
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and occupies approximately 10% of the African Continent. In this hyper-arid region, consisting mostly of rock, sand, and sparse vegetation cover, rainfall is minimal and sporadic.
The West Sahara Desert ecoregion is a largely barren landscape, speckled sparingly with oases and transient green spaces which only appear after rare rainfall. Despite its depauperate state, it hosts a few charismatic and endangered species including the world’s palest antelope species, the slender-horned gazelle.
Aug 28, 2019 · The countries within Sahara desert are Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Chad, Niger Republic, some parts of Sudan, a small portion of Nigeria, and a small part of Burkina Faso.
