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Coordinates: 23°N 13°E. The Sahara ( / səˈhɑːrə /, / səˈhærə /) 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. [1] [2] [3]
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).
Oct 29, 2021 · Covering a massive area of 9,200,000 sq. km, the Sahara Desert is considered the world’s largest hot desert and the third most extensive desert after the polar deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic. The Sahara Desert encompasses a major portion of North Africa, occupying about 31% of the entire African continent.
Sahara is the World’s largest and most extensive hot desert located in North Africa. The Arabic word ṣaḥrāʾmeans “desert.” It ranks as the third largest desert after the cold deserts Antarctica and the Arctic.
Feb 5, 2024 · However, at 3.6 million square miles, the Sahara absolutely is the biggest hot desert in the world, by a wide margin: It’s more than three times the size of the next biggest desert (the Great Australian Desert) and almost quadruple the size of the Arabian Desert.
Mar 24, 2017 · What happened? Alamy. When most people imagine an archetypal desert landscape—with its relentless sun, rippling sand and hidden oases—they often picture the Sahara. But 11,000 years ago, what we...
Aug 12, 2019 · The Sahara Desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,000 square miles (9,000,000 sq km) or roughly 10% of the continent. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it stretches west to the Atlantic Ocean.
