Was the Sahara desert once a sea?

Answer 1

It looked a lot different 10 000 years ago,during the ice age.There were lakes and streams and enough rain fell to support forests and grasslands.Herds of giraffes and elephants roamed.It was rich and fertile land.Then,about 4 000 years ago, the climate changed.The weather became drier and slowly the land turned into the Sahara Desert.

Answer 2

From around 9500BCE to 3400BCE, the Sahara was a rich environment, supporting a large population, cattle and domesticated animals and crops.

However, the gradual shift of the earth's orbit caused an increase in temperature and reduced precipitation, turning the once arable land into the desert we see today.

Recent archaeological excavations in the region have unearthed stone age settlements along the shores of long dried rivers and lakes; going back even further ancient fossils of large sea creatures can be found through the region.

Answer 3

At one point, yes, it was something like a jungle. Through time, it's become a desert. Things like deforestation, farming, and overgrazing has turned it into the desert it is today.

Answer 4

no before it was sea million of years ago, the sun had evaporated all the water thus making it the sahara desert we know today

Answer 5

Yes over 3,000,000 years ago it was once a bay area archaeologist have found whale bone fossils in the desert

Answer 6

Sahara IS a desert. ONE desert. It is generally NOT divided into sub-deserts.

Answer 7

No, the Sahara Desert has been rapidly expanding through a process call desertification.

Answer 8

It has always been the same size.

Answer 9

Yes! The Sahara desert was once grassy.