Sahara - Wikipedia
The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara and Sudan, and parts of southern Morocco and Tunisia. It covers 9 million square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi), 31% of the African continent.
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2 天之前 · 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).
Sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia
Sub-Saharan Africa or Subsahara is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. [3] These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa.
Sahara summary | Britannica
Sahara, Largest desert in the world, encompassing almost all of northern Africa. Covering an area of about 3.3 million sq mi (8.6 million sq km), it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sahel region.
Sahara Desert - WorldAtlas
2021年10月29日 · Map showing the extent of the Sahara Desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert covers vast parts of 11 North African nations including Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, and Sudan within its boundaries.
What Really Turned the Sahara Desert From a Green Oasis Into …
2017年3月24日 · The now-dessicated northern strip of Africa was once green and alive, pocked with lakes, rivers, grasslands and even forests. So where did all that water go? Archaeologist David Wright has an...
Africa: Physical Geography - Education
2024年7月22日 · Sahara. The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert. It covers 8.5 million square kilometers (about 3.3 million square miles), making it about the size of Brazil. This desert region makes up 25 percent of Africa and defines the continent’s northern bulge.
Sahara - Arid, Hot, Desert | Britannica
3 天之前 · The Sahara is dominated by two climatic regimes: a dry subtropical climate in the north and a dry tropical climate in the south. The dry subtropical climate is characterized by unusually high annual and diurnal temperature ranges, cold to cool winters and hot summers, and two precipitation maximums.
Africa Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
2024年10月15日 · Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is an extremely diverse region, composed of low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries – 22 of which are fragile or conflict-affected – and 13 small states characterized by a small population, limited human capital, and a confined land area.
6.1: The Physical Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa
2023年7月18日 · Identify the key geographic features of Sub-Saharan Africa; Describe the pre-colonial history of Sub-Saharan Africa; Explain the process of colonization in Sub-Saharan Africa and its effects on the modern geographic landscape; Analyze how colonization has impacted political stability and economic opportunity across Sub-Saharan Africa