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The Sahara Desert is the largest in Africa at 9,400,000+ square kilometers or 3,320,00+ square miles. It continues to grow due to desertification.

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The Sahara is the largest desert in Africa. It covers most of the northern third of the continent.

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Name the largest desert in africa and describe where it is situated?

The largest desert in Africa is the Sahara. It is more than 3,600,00 square miles (9,400,000 square kilometers). This Great Desert covers most of northern Africa. The surface area is almost a large as the entire land mass of China.


Which african desert is the world's largest?

The largest desert in the world is Antarctica which is not in Africa. The largest desert in Africa is the Sahara.


What desert is the largest desert in northern Africa?

The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in northern Africa and the second largest desert in the world.


What is the largest desert in South Africa?

The Sahara Desert. (That's in northern Africa!) Correct - The Kalahari Desert.


Which African desert is the largest?

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


What is the largest desert in southeast Africa?

The largest desert in southern Africa is the Kalahari Desert in south-central Africa.


What desert is the largest in the world and it is located in Africa?

The largest desert in the world is not in Africa, it is in Antarctica. The second largest desert in the world, the Sahara, is located in Africa.


The largest desert in the world is in Africa - What is the desert's name?

== == The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara, and it is located in Africa. The largest desert in the world is Antarctica.


Name the second largest desert in Africa?

The Kalahari is the second largest desert in Africa.


Where are the deserts situated in South Africa?

Both the Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert enter South Africa.


Is the Kalahari desert the biggest in Africa?

Africa is a large continent. It has many deserts, including the Sahara Desert, which is the largest in the world. There are many other deserts too. There are also many parts of Africa that are not desert at all, but are rich in trees and plants and water.


What is the the largest desert in southwest Africa?

Sahara is A desert. ONEdesert. It is NOT divided into sub-deserts. The Sahara Desert isn't the largest desert. It's the largest HOT desert, and is located in North and East Africa.