Sahara Desert

The Sahara is smaller than Antarctica but larger than all the other deserts.

The Sahara Desert is very dry and even extremely dry because the desert is located in the subtropics, near the tropics where there is a semi-permanent, subtropical high pressure belt, called the subtropical ridge that is present in the subtropical latitudes, also known as the horse latitudes. The subtropical ridge is a belt of large-scale descending, sinking dry air which brings clear skies, sunny and dry weather to the region. The subtropical ridge is directly formed by the general atmospheric circulation, more accurately by the Hadley Cell. The subtropical ridge is the major factor that explains the aridity of the Sahara Desert. The subtropical ridge produces the trade winds, which are the prevailing winds found in the intertropical zone which blow from the northeast to the southwest in the Northern Hemisphere. The trade winds blow from the subtropical ridge to the ITZC (Intertropical Convergence Zone which responds to a equatorial low pressure belt). The trade winds passes over the Sahara Desert and are a very dry since they come from directly from the subtropical high pressure systems, which allows to keep the desert dry since there are no source for taking moisture (continentality). The last factor that causes aridity in this desert is the rain shadow, for example the High Atlas Mountains, being the highest and the most important mountain range in the Sahara Desert block the most pat of the moisture from the winds blowing from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean : the cool, wet air from the sea becomes a hot, dry air that stagnates over the desert.

The advantages to livng in the sahara desert? It's quiet and serene. You can say that you live in a place where great civilizations used to live in. There aren't as many crimes in the desert. I'm guessing that people would be more healthy or fit because main food is fruit and nuts, and people in the desert eat five small meals instead of three big meals. Another advantage is camels. You can ride camels.

This is because the saharians that live there 300years ago found out the ancient greece mytholegy of physics so they decided to explore the mainlands of the sahara desert and found minerals and rocks and gust that was sahara and many did not come back alive so they called the sahara desert the sahara desert.

Part of it, yes. Search the net for Sahara Sea.

The Sahara desert is actually growing due to a process called, sensibly, desertification. In this process, relatively dry areas, mostly those adjacent to deserts, become even more dry, or arid.

With the exception of the Antarctic Desert, scorpions are found in all the deserts of the world. They even survive in the Gobi Desert where temperatures can plunge to 40 degrees below zero in winter.

The Sahel, a grassland, is south of the Sahara.

The Sahara is on the western side of the Nile.

The coffee growers of Colombia.

Colombia lies across the equator in northern South America, from about 12° N down to 4° S latitude. Almost all of the Sahara is north of the Tropic of Cancer, from 23.5° N up to 33° N latitude in Africa.

I only know that 30% of the Sahara desert is made of sand but i dont know whta the other 70% is :S i heard it from my friend...(:

The Sahara is huge, several times larger than the United Kingdom.

Yes. The avian species in the Sahara desert include raptors like hawks and falcons. There are also secretary birds, guinea fowl, ostriches and desert eagles.

Some animals can get water from cacti like the prickly pear. They have lots of water and juice inside them, so if an animal can break it open without getting hurt on the spines, it has water. ---- Most of the desert animals do not need to drink water, but obtain sufficient moisture from the foods they eat, even if their diet consists of mainly insects or seeds and grasses. Some desert animals burrow down deep to find water, and these burrows also protect them from the heat of the desert sun. Others are specifically "shaped" to collect water. For example, the body of the thorny devil in Australia is completely covered in sharp spikes which actually collect the moisture that condenses in the early morning (or the occasional rains) and channel it directly down towards its mouth.

Actually. your premise is false. Millions upon millions of people around the world live in cities and towns in deserts. Take, for example, Cairo in Egypt, Las Vegas, Nevada, or Phoenix, Arizona.

There are many countries in Africa that are not part of the Sahara. Here are some of them:Nigeria

Ghana

Liberia

Uganda

Kenya

Botswana

South Africa

Namibia

There are many food chains and the animals are eaten by other things its life... But, here is one suggestion: Date Palm eaten by: a Jerboa eaten by: a Sand Fox

During the summer months, the temperatures on cloudless nights can drop as low as 5° C (41 °F) after reaching over 40 °C (104 °F) during the day. Winter days are not as hot, so the nightime temperatures often drop below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F).

Many desert animals live underground, or spend most of the day in the shade of a rock or plant.

Yes, even some giraffes and elephants as well as antelope enter the Namib Desert.

The Sahel is a semi-arid grassland south of the Sahara.

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The elevation of the Sahara Desert ranges from about 600-750m (1900ft to 2500ft) above sea level.

The Sahel is a transition zone below the Sahara.

The Sahara Desert is home to approximately 2,000 different plant species, adapted to its harsh conditions. These include drought-resistant plants such as cacti, succulents, and various types of grasses, shrubs, and trees like acacias and date palms. The diversity of plant life is influenced by factors such as microclimates, soil types, and water availability. Overall, while plant life is sparse, it is highly specialized to survive in the extreme environment of the Sahara.