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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)
Mar 24, 2017 · March 24, 2017. One of the world's most iconic deserts was once lush and green. What happened? Alamy. When most people imagine an archetypal desert landscape—with its relentless sun, rippling sand...
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.
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?
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 Sahara 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.
The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot, non-polar desert and is located in North Africa. It extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Sahel savanna in the south. [2] . The vast desert encompasses several ecologically distinct regions.
