The Sahara covers the northern section of Africa, and spreads over almost all of the "top" of the continent. It is the largest hot desert in the world, as well as the second largest desert on earth after Antarctica. The Sahara covers all or part of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara.
The word "Sahara" means "desert" in the Arabic language. The Sahara is one of the hottest places on earth. September, 1922, the temperature in the Sahara soared to 136 degrees F. At night the temperature can drop below freezing.Land FormsThe Sahara Desert has many different landforms. Parts have sand dunes. A sand dune is a mountain of sand. Some dunes can be as high as 600 feet. These dunes are found in huge areas of shifting sand called ergs. Regs are another type of landform found in the desert. regs are broad plains covered with sand and gravel. Regs make up most of the Sahara. Hammadas also make up a large part of the Sahara. These are areas of flat, raised land that are also known as plateaus. There are volcanic mountains in the Sahara in the country of Chad. Emi Koussi, a peak in the Tibesti Mountains is 11, 204 feet high and the highest point in the desert.WaterThe rain in the Sahara is less than 10 inches a year. People cannot survive without water. There are few lakes. Most of these anyway are saltwater lakes. People cannot drink from them. Lake Chad is the only freshwater lake in the desert. Rivers once ran through the Sahara. We know this because dried up riverbeds, called wadis, still exist. When it does rain in the desert, these wadis fill up with water and become active rivers for a short time.Sandstorms are very common in the desert. Brown clouds of sand cover the sky as wind blows sand everywhere.Sometimes you can find Gazelles and antelope in sand dunes of the Sahara. Mostly though, you will finds, birds, snakes, lizards, gerbils, and small foxes in the dunes.
if u mean shahra desert , its in nothern africa..The Sahara covers parts of several African nations including Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia.
The Sahara Desert is located northern Africa.
It extends from the Mauritania on the west coast of Africa to Egypt in the east, and from the Mediterranean coast (approximately 32 degrees North Latitude) in the north to roughly 14 degrees North Latitude.
It is about 9,400,000 square kilometres in extent.
the Sahara Desert is located in Africa and runs through 11 other countries. Including
-Algeria
-Chad
-Egypt
-Libya
-Mali
-Mauritania
-Morocco
-Niger
-W. Sahara
-Sudan
-Tunisa
In other words, the Sahara covers nearly all of northern Africa.
The Saharad desert is in Africa
The Sahara desert is in northern Africa, where it occupies parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.
The Sahara is the world's largest desert excluding the polar regions. It is located in Northern Africa and stretches from Mauritania to Egypt and Sudan.
The Sahara Desert covers Northern Africa from 17° 30' W to 51° 30' E, and from N37° 21' in Tunisia to about S 2°in Somalia. So, Africa.
It is the western reaches of the great and expanding desert that covers much of North Africa.
The Sahara covers most of the northern third of Africa. It is the largest hot desert in the world.
Western Sahara is an OCCUPIED TERRITORY. It is currently run and administered as domestic Moroccan territory, but subject to harsher police presence.
the status is colony
yes
Western sahara is a Moroccan territory. the occupied eastern sahara ( south of french algeria) is Moroccan too. algeria never had a sahara before being a french colony.The last colony in africa is the eastern sahara.
The Western Sahara was once known as the Spanish Sahara.
Morocco rules Western Sahara.
Western Sahara was created on 1975-11-14.
Western Sahara War happened in 1976.
No. Spanish Sahara was the last colonial possession of Spain, which it abandoned in 1975. It is now known as Western Sahara, and its status is disputed - both Mauritiania and Morocco claim it, while the Polisario Front wants it to become an independent nation.
kanem bornu empire in western sahara?
Starry Nights in Western Sahara was created in 2003.
The Sahara Desert is a geographical region, not one single country
In Egypt, the Sahara is in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. Western parts of the Sahara extend into the Western Hemisphere.
The Sahara is not a country, The real name is the Western Sahara, it is currently owned by Morocco and Spain, And the capital city (and the only city) in the Western Sahara is El-Ayun.
No. Morocco and Western Sahara are in Western Africa and the Nile is in eastern Africa. Furthermore, there are no major rivers in Western Sahara at all.