Sahara

Also known as aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Kubrā, The Sahara, Sahara Desert, as-Sahra, al-Sahara, al-Sahra, as-Sahra al-Kubra, Zara

The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of , 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.

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The Sahara is a massive desert that stretches across North Africa, making it the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert of any kind after Antarctica and the Arctic. Its enormous size and geographic position across an entire continent make it a significant natural feature that shapes the climate, environment, and human geography of North Africa.

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Valley.name: Sahara
Valley.photo: Sahara real color.jpg
Valley.photo_caption: The Sahara taken by Apollo 17 astronauts, 1972
Valley.map_image: Sahara.svg
Valley.map_caption: Geographical map of the Sahara
Valley.length_km: 4,800
Valley.width_km: 1,800
Valley.area_km2: 9,200,000
Valley.footnotes: Population2,500,000

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Wikidata facts

Area: 9200000
Image: Sahara real color.jpg
Width: 1800
Length: 4800

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P12749: Jauer
Commons category: Sahara
native label: الصحراء الكُبرى

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Contents

Geography
Climate
Temperature
Precipitation
Desertification and prehistoric climate<span class="anchor" id="Climate history"></span>
Evidence for cycles
Ecoregions
Flora and fauna
History
Kiffians
Tenerians
Tashwinat Mummy
Nubians
Egyptians
Haratins
Tichitt culture
Phoenicians
Greeks
Garamantes
Islamic and Arabic expansion
Ottoman Turkish era
European colonialism
Breakup of the empires and afterwards
Peoples and languages
See also
References
Bibliography
External links