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What's The Name Of The Largest Desert Of The World And Describe It Briefly?

Give breif outlines to describe its main charatersitics, habitant.

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    The Sahara is word taken from Arabic language, which means "The Great Desert." It is the world's largest hot desert and second largest desert after Antarctica. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers, (3,500,000 sq mi is larger than the 48 contiguous states. The Sahara defines the borders of North Africa and has a history that may go back as much as 2.5 million years. It considered equivalent to the United States.

    Climate
    It always has variation in climate. There you Experienced monsoon due to heat in summer because it received more solar isolation n in summer. You can found oasis in Aghaar Mountains.
    Temperature
    It has harshest climate of the world. Its heat ranges to 58 C and 136 F and in winter, it could down to -6 C and 22 F. Sahara  is as hot as it was 13000 years ago.
    People of the region
    Sahara is the place of Berbers, Greeks, Arabs, and sub-Saharan Africans are living from years.
    Urban civilization
    The Garamantes is the old civilization found at the heart of Sahara, now called as wadi-al-ajal in Fazzan, Libya. Archaeologists have found eight major towns and many other important settlements in the Garamantes territory.
    Domestic animals

    Dromedaries and goats found in the region of Sahara where nomadic people use dromedaries for transport. Leiurus quinquestriatus, which is 10 cm long, the monitor lizard, the Vipera ammodytes, ostrich, addax the white antelope, and cheetah found in Niger, Mali, and Chad, African silverbill and black- throated fire finch is a bird also found there.
    Botanical background Abelmoschus,acacia, Acanthopanax, Actinidia, Agave, Allium, Aloe, Arachis, Basella these are all edible plants and shrubs.
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    Tactics32 

    answered 3 years ago

      The world's largest desert is Sahara desert located at northern Africa which is non-polar. The surface area of Sahara desert is 3.5million mi(sq).
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      Mian_moon 

      answered 3 years ago

        Interior of Antarctica
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