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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SaharaSahara - Wikipedia

    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 African continent.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.

  4. www.worldatlas.com › deserts › sahara-desertSahara Desert - WorldAtlas

    Oct 29, 2021 · The Sahara Desert covers vast parts of 11 North African nations including Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, and Sudan within its boundaries. The name of the Sahara Desert has been derived from the Arabic word ‘sahra’ which means ‘desert.’

  5. www.britannica.com › summary › Sahara-desert-AfricaSahara 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, and the Sahel region.

  6. Feb 25, 2022 · The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, behind the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic. The Sahara is one of the harshest environments on...

  7. Aug 12, 2019 · Since the Sahara Desert makes up nearly 10% of the African continent, the Sahara is often cited as the world's largest desert. This is not entirely true, however, as it is only the world's largest hot desert.

  8. 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.

  9. www.wikiwand.com › en › SaharaSahara - Wikiwand

    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.

  10. The Sahara, [1] in North Africa, is the largest desert in the world except for Antarctica. The Sahara is the largest hot desert. It is between 4,500 and 5,500 kilometres (2,800 and 3,400 mi) long and between 1,500 and 2,000 kilometres (930 and 1,240 mi) wide.

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