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. [1][2][3]

2024年12月28日 · 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).

2024年2月5日 · However, at 3.6 million square miles, the Sahara absolutely is the biggest hot desert in the world, by a wide margin: It’s more than three times the size of the next biggest desert (the Great Australian Desert) and almost quadruple the size of the Arabian Desert.

2017年3月24日 · When most people imagine an archetypal desert landscape—with its relentless sun, rippling sand and hidden oases—they often picture the Sahara. But 11,000 years ago, what we know today as the...

The Sahara desert, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), includes the hyper-arid center of the Sahara, between latitudes 18° N and 30° N. [1] It is one of several desert and xeric shrubland ecoregions that cover the northern portion of the African continent.

2022年2月25日 · The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, behind the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic. The Sahara is one of the harshest environments on...

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.

The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest hot desert and second largest desert after Antarctica at over 3.5 million square miles (9 million square kilometers). Almost as large as the United States , it crosses the borders of 11 nations.

2023年6月26日 · Stretching more than 3,000 miles from east to west, the Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert – approximately the same size as the United States. It is located in North Africa and covers nearly a third of the continent and part of eleven different countries.

2024年12月28日 · 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?