• Sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, Merzouga, Morocco. The Sahara Desert is larger than the area of the contiguous United States.
  • During the century of colonial dominion over the Sahara Desert, which lasted from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, there was little fundamental change
  • Landscapes of the Sahara desert. The Sahara’s landscape not only includes sand dunes but also mountains, plateaus, extinct volcanoes and oasis depressions.
  • Sahara Desert Facts Today, the Sahara Desert covers an area as large as the United States, with less than one person per square mile living there.
  • The Sahara desert covers 10 different countries — they are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia.
  • Antarctica is the world’s largest cold desert. It isn’t just sand, the Sahara desert houses many different kinds of flora and fauna that is unique to this place only.
  • The Sahara Desert with its vast expanse of golden sand dunes, stretching as far as the eye can see, offers a unique and unforgettable experience.
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  • We talk about the Antarctic Desert covering the area of 14 million sq km. While the second largest desert of the world is just the hot one, the Sahara Desert in Africa.
  • During the summer months, temperatures in the Sahara average between a sizzling 38-46°C. 2. The Sahara Desert spans some 8,600,000 square kilometres.