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29 de abr. de 2024 · 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).
- People
Sahara - Nomads, Bedouins, Tuareg: Although as large as the...
- Plant Life
Sahara - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: Saharan vegetation is...
- Drainage
Sahara - Drainage, Oases, Rivers: Several rivers originating...
- Animal Life
Sahara - Wildlife, Reptiles, Mammals: Relict tropical fauna...
- Economy
Sahara - Oases, Nomads, Trade: During the century of...
- Qattara Depression
Qattara Depression, arid Libyan Desert (Eastern Saharan)...
- Ennedi Plateau
Ennedi, plateau region, northeastern Chad, central Africa,...
- Sahara Desert, Niger, Sahel
Ténéré, physiographic region of the Sahara extending from...
- People
Hace 4 días · Western Sahara [a] is a disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 80% is occupied [3] [4] and administered by neighboring Morocco. It has a surface area of 266,000 square kilometres (103,000 sq mi).
29 de abr. de 2024 · Western Sahara, territory occupying an extensive desert Atlantic-coastal area of northwest Africa. It became a protectorate of Spain in the 19th century and was later claimed by Morocco, Mauritania, and local inhabitants.
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5 de may. de 2024 · The Sahara extends across northern Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Its central part is hyper-arid and supports little plant or animal life, but the northern portion of the desert receives occasional winter rains, while the strip along the Atlantic coast receives moisture from marine fog, which nourishes a greater ...
27 de abr. de 2024 · The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is the government in exile claiming sovereignty of the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front, the national liberation movement that administers the SADR, currently controls the area that it calls the Liberated Territories, a strip of Western Sahara territory east of ...
6 de may. de 2024 · Sahel, semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to Sudan. It forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south. Learn more about the Sahel here.
Hace 4 días · The Sahara makes up not just one of the biggest, but also the most iconic deserts on Earth. Learn more with these 40 Sahara Desert facts.
