At the equator the air rises and carries moisture into the atmosphere which brings rains to the surrounding region. Rain forests are usually found in the area of the equator and not deserts.
The Equator does not pass through the Saharah Desert
The Kalahari Desert is south of the equator.
The largest desert north of the Equator is the Sahara. The largest south of the Equator is Antarctica.
No, the equator does not run through a desert.
There are no countries on the equator that are mostly desert. Because the region of the equator is noted for its heavy rainfall, deserts do not occur there.
An impossibility - the equator is in the tropics and that region receives to much rain to have a desert.
The Mojave Desert is located 35-36 degrees north of the equator.
== == The Sahara Desert is North of the Equator. The distance varies, but the southern edge of the desert is about 1000km / 600 miles north of the equator.
A desert on the equator would typically have hot temperatures year-round due to the direct sunlight it receives. It may experience minimal rainfall and have a dry climate, resulting in sparse vegetation and limited animal life. Examples include the Atacama Desert in South America and the Danakil Desert in Africa.
The Kalahari Desert situated in the south of equator on the tropic of Capricorn.
Desert climate
The sun would only be on top of a desert if that desert was on the equator. As there are no deserts on the equator there are no deserts with the sun right on top. Antarctica is a desert and the sun actually disappears during the winter months.