Sahara Desert ..is the worlds hottest desert, the third largest - TopicsExpress



          

Sahara Desert ..is the worlds hottest desert, the third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic.It covers 9,400,000 square kilometres (as large as China or the United States). The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. Some of the sand dunes can reach 180 metres in height. The name comes from the plural Arabic language word for desert. Dominant ethnicities in the Sahara are various Berber groups including Tuareg tribes, various Arabized Berber groups such as the Hassaniya-speaking Maure.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:14:20 +0000

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