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Is Africa a continent consisting of only desert?

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No, Africa has a variety of biomes besides deserts including plains, savannah, mountains, rainforests.

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Is it true that Africa is consisting of only desert?

No, Africa contains several deserts: The Sahara which is subdivided into other deserts The Namib Desert The Kalahari Desert Africa also has savannah, grasslands, rainforests and other biomes besides desert.


What areas is arid in west Africa?

The only desert in Africa that sort of fits that description is the Namib Desert which is located on the southwestern coast of that continent.


What are the main deserts in nw Africa?

The only desert in northern Africa is the Sahara. It covers almost the entire northern third of the continent.


Where in africa is the sahara desert?

North AfricaThe Sahara is located in northern Africa and covers nearly a third of the continent.The Sahara occupies most of the northern third of the African continent. It is the largest hot desert in the world and second largest desert overall. Only the Antarctic Desert is larger.


Is Africa a country or continent?

Africa is a continent. There is a country called South Africa but it only takes up a small portion of the continent.


What continent has largest area in square kilometers of desert climate?

The Antarctic has the greatest amount of desert at 14,000,000 square kilometers. Almost the entire continent is covered by desert. All the major deserts of Africa combined equal only 10,381,000 square kilometers.


How did Africa become a continent?

Africa was the center of Earths only continent


Which is the only continent where they are no savannas?

Africa is the only continent with savannas in it.


How many continents in Africa?

There are 54 countries in Africa, not continents. Africa is a continent itself, with 54 recognized countries within it.


What continent is South Africa on?

South Africa is a country located within the continent of Africa, at the Southern tip of the continent, hence the name.


What continent is like a desert?

Antarctica is not only like a desert, it is a desert, the largest desert on earth.


What is the only continent with no major deserts?

Europe is the only continent without a major desert. However, there is a very small desert region in Spain.