What is the Sahara?

Q: What is the Sahara?


A: The Sahara is the largest desert in the world except for Antarctica, located in North Africa.

Q: What kind of desert is the Sahara?


A: The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world.

Q: What are the boundaries of the Sahara?


A: The Sahara is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sahel region.

Q: In which countries does the Sahara run through?


A: The Sahara desert runs through many countries including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and The Sudan.

Q: Is the Sahara uninhabited?


A: Most parts of the Sahara are uninhabited, but some people manage to survive in places where there is water.

Q: How big is the Sahara?


A: The Sahara Desert is about 9,000,000 square kilometers (3.5 million square miles) in size.

Q: Is the Sahara the hottest and driest place on Earth?


A: The Sahara is the hottest place on Earth, but not the driest. The driest is the Atacama Desert in South America.

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