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  2. 2 days ago · What is the climate of the Sahara Desert? How did the Sahara get its name? Can plants and animals survive in the Sahara Desert? Do people live in the Sahara Desert? What is the modern economy of the Saharan Desert like?

  3. Feb 8, 2017 · How did the mighty Sahara Desert form? This huge desert, the largest in the world not counting the Arctic or Antartica, covers roughly 10% of Africa.

  4. Aug 8, 2023 · Millions of years ago, the Sahara was a green oasis covered in trees and grassland. So how did it become world's biggest hot desert, roughly the size of the entire U.S.?

  5. Feb 5, 2024 · As little as 11,000 years ago, the Sahara wasn’t a desert at all, but a green and vibrant savannah that also included at least one massive lake. Indeed, the region used to be subject to annual monsoons, which naturally doused the land with plenty of moisture.

  6. Mar 28, 2024 · The Sahara Desert takes up 9 million km 2, one-third of the African continent, and when dry, represents a significant barrier to the dispersal of species, including ancient hominid races. The theory is that these GSPs led to vegetated corridors, which then allowed changes in species’ distribution and evolution and may have facilitated the out ...

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