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The Sahara Desert is the second largest because Antarctica is the Largest. The Sahara is located in the northern parts of Africa.
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What is the second largest hot desert in the world?
The largest desert in Asia is the Arabian Desert and the second largest is the Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia.I'm sorry, but the Taklamakan Desert ranks as the 16th largest in the world and 6th largest in Asia.
What is the largest non-Arctic desert in the world?
Outside of Antarctica, the largest desert is the Sahara.
What is the name of the second largest and hottest desert in the world?
The largest desert in the world is Antarctica. The hottest desert is the Mojave Desert at Death Valley. In 1913 the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded on earth in any desert was recorded at 134 degrees F,
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.
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 second largest hot desert in the world?
The largest desert in Asia is the Arabian Desert and the second largest is the Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia.I'm sorry, but the Taklamakan Desert ranks as the 16th largest in the world and 6th largest in Asia.
Which desert is the largest hot desert?
The Sahara is the largest hot desert and the second largest desert overall, behind Antarctica.
What is the largest hot desert in the world?
The largest hot desert is the Sahara. The largest overall is Antarctica.
Is Sahara desert the second largest desert?
It is the largest "hot" desert in the world and second in size after the Antarctic Desert, which is the worlds largest "cold" desert
The second largest desert in the world is?
The second largest desert in the world is the Sahara, which is also the world's largest hot desert. The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic.
Is the Sahara the second biggest desert in the world?
No. The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world but it is located in Africa. The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia.Clarification:Actually, the Arabian Desert is the largest desert in Asia. The Gobi is the second largest.
What is the greatest desert in the world?
The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world. The Sahara is the second largest but the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the worlds largest hot desert and the worlds second largest desert?
The largest HOT desert would be the Sahara, in northern Africa. The continent of Antarctica is generally defined as a 'desert', due to the fairly low precipitation (snow) that actually falls there. The second largest 'hot' desert is the Takla Makan in western China.
What does Africa have the world's largest of?
The largest hot desert, called the Sahara Desert, is in Africa. The Sahara is the second largest desert on earth after Antarctica.
What is the name of the world's largest desert found in Egypt?
The world's largest desert is not in Egypt, it is in Antarctica. The Sahara Desert of Egypt is the largest hot desert in the world but the second largest desert overall.
What is the largest non-Arctic desert in the world?
Outside of Antarctica, the largest desert is the Sahara.
How does the Sahara Desert rank in order of order desert in the world?
The Sahara is the second largest desert in the world, behind Antarctica. It is the largest hot desert, however.
