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No it is not, the USA is the 3rd largest country in the world

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No, the Sahara is slightly smaller than the contiguous United States. However, due to desertification, it is growing rapidly and may attain that status soon.

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The Sahara is slightly smaller than the contiguous 48 states and much smaller than the entire United States.

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What is the name of the desert that is bigger than the US?

The Sahara. It used to not be, but I read that it grew because of global warming.


Is the Sahara desert larger than the US?

Using 9,000,000 sq. km as the area of the Sahara (from Wikipedia), if the Sahara were a country, it would rank just between Brasil (8,514,877 sq. km) and China (9,598,094 sq. km). The United States is the next larger country at 9,629,091 sq. km. So no country is the "same" size as the Sahara based on these figures.


How big is the US vs the Sahara Desert?

The USA occupies approximately 9.5 million square kilometres and the Sahara Desrt approximately 8.5 million kilometres


What is the desert that is larger than the US in Africa?

The desert that is larger than the United States in Africa is the Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert is 3.5 million square miles.


What is the largest desert in the world as large as the US?

The largest desert in the world is Antarctica which is much bigger than the United States. The second largest desert is the Sahara which is currently just a bit smaller than the contiguous United States.


Is the Sahara Desert in the US?

No, the Sahara Desert is in northern Africa.


Is the Sahara Desert much smaller than the US?

Currently, the Sahara is slightly smaller than the contiguous U.S.


What desert is bigger than the US?

Antarctica is bigger than the United States.


Which country is bigger the US or Australia?

The Sahara Desert is a hot desert which is larger than the continent of Australia.Antarctica is also a desert, although a cold desert, which is larger than Australia.


What two states in the US make up the Sahara Desert?

none. The Sahara desert is in Africa


What large desert in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous states in the US?

The Sahara is nearly as big as the 48 states.


Why does a desert fox have better hearing than us?

they have bigger eardrums than us