Sahara desert is the largest & hottest desert in the world.

Sahara desert map

Introduction

                         The word “Sahara” comes from the Arabic language, which means “desert”. The plural form of the word, Sahara,(deserts). The Sahara desert is Located in northern African continent.

                         The word “Desert” comes from the Middle English word meaning “barren” or “dried up”. It also comes from the Old French word des(s)ert, which means “without inhabitants”

                         The Sahara desert covers large parts of these countries Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara and Sudan, Eritrea and parts of southern Morocco and Tunisia.

camels in Sahara desert

Details

                           The Sahara desert is the world’s largest hot desert in the world. This desert covering 31% of the African continent and 8% of the Earth’s surface land area. It’s bordered by north side the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlas Mountains, the Sahel region to the south, the Red Sea to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Sahara desert covering around 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 square kilometers). The world’s most famous ancient monument, the Giza Pyramids, also comes from the Sahara Desert region.

Plants of Sahara desert

                            Date palm, olive tree, Acacia tree, desert ground, prickly pear cactus, saguaro, Tumbleweed, Brittlebush, Saharan Cypress, Barrel Cactus, Lovegrass, Mexican Poppies, Tamarix aphylla, Joshua Tree, Tamarisk, Colocynth, Peyote Cactus etc.

Animals of Sahara desert

                           Fennec fox, Sand cat, Deathstalker, Dromedary, Addax, Desert hedgehog, West African crocodile, African wild dog, Barbary sheep, Meerkat, Beetle, Red-necked Ostrich, Gazelle, Monitor lizards, Saharan Cheetah, Meerkat, Cape hare, Sand Viper, African silverbill, Giant hairy scorpion, Desert long-eared bat, Jerboa, Elf owl and etc.

Sahara desert rivers and lakes

Nile river, Niger, Saoura & Draa, Lake chad, and chotts.

Famous towns of Sahara desert

                          Ghat, El Oued, Tamanrasset, Timbuktu, Ghardaia, Mhamid, Samara, Merzouga, Laayoune, Gadamis, El Menia, Bechar, Khamlia, Agadez, Ouarzazate, Dakhla, Djanet etc

Famous tourist places in the Sahara Desert

                          Erg Chebbi, Ait Ben Haddou, Erg Chigaga.

Hot sahara desert
sahara desert in sand mountain
Sahara hot desert

conclusion

                         The Sahara Desert, which is the hottest and largest desert in the world, is home to many living creatures, animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh environment and are living their lives there even in the harshest conditions. Sahara desert is one of the very important part of ecosystem and very prominent part of world geography.

The sahara desert is the largest desert in the world.

The sahara desert is the hottest desert in the world.

The Sahara desert covers large parts of these countries Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara and Sudan, Eritrea and parts of southern Morocco and Tunisia.

Ghat, El Oued, Tamanrasset, Timbuktu, Ghardaia, Mhamid, Samara, Merzouga, Laayoune, Gadamis, El Menia, Bechar, Khamlia, Agadez, Ouarzazate, Dakhla, Djanet etc

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