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  2. Sahara - Wikipedia

    • 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 name "Sahara" is derived from Arabic: صَحَارَى, romanized: ṣaḥārā /sˤaħaːraː/, a broken plural for… See more

    Map of Sahara Africa
    Length4,800 km (3,000 mi)
    Width1,800 km (1,100 mi)
    Area9,200,000 km² (3,600,000 sq mi)
    Geography

    The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara and Sudan, and parts of southern Morocco and Tunisia. It covers 9 million square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi), 31% of the … See more

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  1. Sahara | Location, History, Map, Countries, Animals, & Facts

  2. The Sahara Desert: Everything to Know About the …

    Feb 5, 2024 · The desert is located mainly in northern Africa, spread across 10 different countries (11 if you include Western Sahara, a disputed territory) and is therefore home to as many as 2.5 million people. Still, there’s no mistaking the …

  3. Sahara summary | Britannica

    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, …

  4. Sahara Desert - WorldAtlas

  5. Sahara Desert - New World Encyclopedia

    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 …

  6. Sahara - Exploration, Climate, Geography | Britannica

  7. Geo explainer: the Sahara Desert - Geographical

    Jun 26, 2023 · Stretching more than 3,000 miles from east to west, the Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert – approximately the same size as the United States. It is located in North Africa and covers nearly a third of the continent and part …

  8. Sahara - Encyclopedia.com

  9. Sahara - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia