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The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and it is in Africa.
In actual fact, the Sahara is only the largest hotdesert. The world's largest desert is the continent of Antarctica since a desert is defined as an area receiving less than 250 mm or 10 inches of precipitation per year. The Antarctic desert covers 13.9 million square kilometres, or almost 5.5 million square miles.
However, when most people think of deserts the implied thought is that they are sand based not ice based. It is also not known as the Antarctica Desert because it is not referred to as such in the text books.
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∙ 9y agoAntarctica is the continent with the largest desert.
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∙ 9y agoAntarctica is home to the largest desert on earth.
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∙ 9y agoAntarctica has the largest area of desert - about 5,400,000 square miles.
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∙ 9y agoThe largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert on the continent of Antarctica.
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∙ 8y agoAntarctica is the largest desert on earth. Nearly all of the continent is desert.
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What continent is home to the second largest sandy desert?
The Taklamakan Desert in China (Asia) is the second largest sand desert on earth.
Which continent is the home of the earth's largest coniferous forest?
North America is the Home to to the Largest Coniferous forest!
What continent is home to the largest sandy desert?
The largest sandy desert in the world is the Sahara Desert at 9.65 million sq km and is located on the continent of Africa.
Where continent has the world's longest river and largest hot desert and what is it?
Africa is home to the world's longest river and the world's largest hot desert. The world's longest river is the Nile at 6,693 km. The world's largest hot desert is the Sahara at 9.65 million sq km.
In which continent is the largest desert in the world located?
The largest desert in the world is the Sahara, which lies in the continent of Africa. It is followed by the Gobi desert of Mongolia/China, in Asia. The third largest desert in the world is the Patagonian desert of Chile, in South America. Rub' al Khali is the fourth-largest desert, in the southern Arabian peninsula. The fifth and sixth largest deserts, the Great Sandy and Great Victoria Deserts, are both in Australia.
Which continent is home to the Altai Mountains and Syrian Desert?
Asia is home of the Syrian Desert and the Altai Mountains.
Which continent is home of the Altai mountains and Syrian desert?
Asia
Which continent has the largest hot desert?
The continent that has the world's largest river is: South America's Amazon River. This is due to the fact that it carries the most amount of water to the sea. The Amazon discharges over 7 million cubic feet per second of water. The Amazon River is approximately 4,000 miles. The longest river in the world is the Nile River, located primarily in Africa. The Nile River is 4,132 miles long, though discharges 99,941 cubic feet per second of water. The largest "hot" desert in the world is: Northern Africa's Sahara Desert, which is 3.5 million square miles. In retrospect, that is a tad smaller the United States. The worlds largest "normal" desert is actually Antarctica. Sense Antarctica is the world's driest place, it is considered a desert. Antarctica is approximately 5.5 million square miles.
Are home to many of the largest animals on earth?
rain forests are home to many of the largest animal on earth
What desert located in Botswana is the home of the Hottenots a nomadic people who have learned to survive in this very high climate?
The Kalahari Desert of south-central Africa is home to the Hottentots. It is the second largest desert in Africa.
What is the world's largest desert that is home to the veiled Tuareg Tribe?
The Tuareg live in the Sahara but that is not the largest desert in the world. That honor goes to Antarctica.
What is the second largest continent in the world and home to Mt Kilimanjaro?
Africa.
