The Sahara can reach sub-zero temperatures from December to February due to lack of humidity. It holds the record for the highest recorded temperature, but it was disqualified. The desert is prone to hurricane-level winds and torrential downpours. It is larger than the continental US, comprises a quarter of Africa, and is mostly gravel. The […]
The Sahara Desert is not entirely made up of sand dunes, with only 15% covered by them. It also has scrub vegetation, rock plateaus, and gravel. The area has a long history of human habitation and trade routes, and is comparable in size to China or the US. The Nile and Niger rivers are the […]
The Sahara is a large subtropical desert in North Africa, approximately 3.5 million square miles in size, and not the largest in the world. It was once greenery and farmland. Deserts cover about a third of the earth’s surface. The Sahara is what many people first think of when they think of “desert”. But “Sahara […]
