The Sahara Desert is a dry desert located in the northern region of Africa. It is affectionately known as “the Great Desert” taken from the Arabic translation of the name. The desert extends from the shores of the Mediterranean in the North, the Red Sea in the East, to the shores of the Atlantic coast, to the tropical savanna of the Sahel in the south.
Altogether, the Sahara encompasses 3,600,000 square miles (9,400,00 sq. km).