What was the largest desert in Africa?

Answer 1

Technically, the largest desert is actually the continent of Antarctica. In terms of what most people call the largest desert, that would be the Sahara.
The largest desert in the world is not located in Africa, it is in Antarctica. The Sahara is the largest hotdesert in the world and located in Africa.

Answer 2

No, it is not in Africa. Actually, it is in Antarctica. Deserts don't need to be hot, they just need to be very dry, and of course many other things. The worlds largest sand desert is in Africa. This is a common mistake made, since many people think of the Sahara as a standard desert, but never even consider regions of the world that are always cold.

Answer 3

The Sahara Desert is the largest "hot" desert. It is also the largest in Africa.

The second largest is the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.
The Sahara is the largest desert is Africa. At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,630,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Africa to the Red Sea on the east coast of Africa.

Answer 4

The largest desert in the world is not in Africa. The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world. The Sahara, which is found in Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world and the second largest desert overall.

Answer 5

The Sahara is the largest desert in Africa followed by the Kalahari Desert as the second largest.

Answer 6

A really big and Hot Desert

The Sahara Desert. It streches over 3,500,000 sq milles. It mainly goes throgh NW Africa. It adverage temp is 103.4*F(28.2*C)

Answer 7

The Sahara is the largest desert in Africa and the second largest desert in the World. Only the Antarctic Desert is larger.

Answer 8

The largest desert in Africa is the Sahara which covers nearly all of the northern third of the continent.

Answer 9

its the sahara