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No. It is an African desert, but no, that's not an alternate name for it.
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How big is the Sahara Desert in km2?
The Sahara desert is 3.6 million square miles in kilometers. The Sahara desert is also known as The Great Desert.
What is the worlds largest polar desert which is also a continent?
The largest and coldest desert in the world is the continent of Antarctica.
What is the Asian desert that borders Africa?
The African deserts are: Tatti, in Algeria (technically part of the Sahara); the Blue Desert in Egypt; Kalahari in Botswana; Karoo in South Africa; the Libyan Desert (also part of the Sahara); Namib; the Nubian Desert in Sudan; Owami in Nigeria; and obviously the Sahara.
What animal made trade across the Sahara easier?
Camels
Where are Addax from and what are they?
The Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), also known as the screwhorn antelope, is an endangered desert antelope that lives in isolated regions in the Sahara desert.
What are the African desert names?
The major deserts of Africa are the Sahara, the Kalahari and the Namib. There is also the Danakil Desert. The Danakil Desert is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti.
What is the desert between the Sinai Peninsula and the Dead Sea?
The Sahara Desert - Also the region of that desert known as the Nubian Desert. Some people also clam that the Arabian Desert forms part of the landform between the Nile and the Red Sea.
What fox lives in the Sahara desert?
The Fennec Fox, but it has also been known to reside in Saudia Arabia The Fennec Fox, but it has also been known to reside in Saudia Arabia
What deserts start with the letter s'?
The most famous is the Sahara Desert (North Africa).There are also others:Syrian Desert (Syria, Iraq, Jordan)Sonoran Desert (northern Mexico, southwestern US)Simpson Desert and Strzelecki Desert (central Australia)Sinai Desert (eastern Egypt)
What deserts are south of the Sahara desert?
The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.
Why is it that the Sonoran Desert is rocky while the Sahara is sandy?
The Sonoran Desert also has sandy parts and the Sahara has rocky places.
In which desert is Mount Sinai?
Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb, is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt that is a possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai. It is part of the Sinai Desert which is part of the larger Sahara.
