its bigger than the 48 states
No it is not, the USA is the 3rd largest country in the world
The USA occupies approximately 9.5 million square kilometres and the Sahara Desrt approximately 8.5 million kilometres
The Sahara is slightly smaller than the contiguous 48 states of the United States.
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.
No, the Sahara Desert is not bigger than Australia. The Sahara covers an area of approximately 9.2 million square kilometers, making it the largest hot desert in the world. In comparison, Australia is a country-continent with an area of about 7.7 million square kilometers, making it the sixth-largest country in the world.
The Sahara because it is the biggest desert in the world and the second largest is in the USA, so it is the Sahara.
There are 47 states that are bigger than Connecticut; the only states that are smaller include Rhode Island and Delaware.
United States is 40-fold bigger than Romania.
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.
Generally, the states in the Western part are bigger.
Generally, the states in the Western part are bigger.
Yes, the Sahara is much larger than California. Sahara: 9,400,000+ square km or 3,320,000+ square miles California: 423,970 square km or 163,696 square miles The Sahara desert is the size of the whole of the USA and produces sandstorms the size of the UK!