Sahara - Wikipedia
The Sahara (/ s ə ˈ h ɑːr ə /, / s ə ˈ h ær ə /) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic .
Sahara | Location, History, Map, Countries, Animals, & Facts
3 天之前 · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).
The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s …
2024年10月14日 · (CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.
Sahara Desert - WorldAtlas
2021年10月29日 · Covering a massive area of 9,200,000 sq. km, the Sahara Desert is considered the world’s largest hot desert and the third most extensive desert after the polar deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic. The Sahara Desert encompasses a major portion of North Africa, occupying about 31% of the entire African continent.
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2024年9月23日 · The Sahara Desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,000 square miles (9,000,000 sq km) or roughly 10% of the continent. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it stretches west to the Atlantic Ocean.
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2024年2月5日 · The largest hot desert in the world is vast and desolate, yet the Sahara is also home to a diverse array of plant, animal, and human life.
撒哈拉沙漠 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
撒哈拉沙漠 （阿拉伯语： الصحراء الكبرى ， aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Kubrā ， 清朝直譯 大沙漠）是世界最热的 荒漠，亦是世界第三大荒漠，仅次于 南极 和 北极 [1]，同时也是世界上最大的 沙漠，但並非世界最大的 流動沙漠，其总面积超过9,400,000平方公里 ...
Sahara summary | Britannica
Sahara, Largest desert in the world, encompassing almost all of northern Africa. Covering an area of about 3.3 million sq mi (8.6 million sq km), it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sahel region. It includes portions of several countries, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ...
Sahara Desert Facts, Pictures: Discover The World's Largest Desert
2023年6月16日 · The Sahara Desert presents a stark yet diverse landscape characterized by vast, sandy dunes, rocky plateaus, scattered oases, and sparse vegetation, all under a relentless, blazing sun. Although the Sahara Desert is often depicted as a vast sea of rolling sand dunes, in reality, sandy deserts comprise just about 20-25% of the Sahara.
Sahara - Exploration, Climate, Geography | Britannica
3 天之前 · What is the climate of the Sahara Desert? How did the Sahara get its name? Can plants and animals survive in the Sahara Desert? Do people live in the Sahara Desert? What is the modern economy of the Saharan Desert like?