Fun facts about Sahara
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The Sahara is so large and bright that it could theoretically be detected from other stars.
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The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), 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.
From the “Geography” section
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The eastern part of the Sahara, particularly the Libyan Desert, is considered one of the sunniest and driest places on Earth.
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The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), 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.
From the “Climate” section
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Lake Chad is a remnant of a former inland sea called paleolake Mega-Chad, which existed during the African humid period.
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The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), 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.
From the “History” section
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The Sahara comprises around 2800 species of vascular plants, with approximately a quarter being endemic.
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The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), 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.
From the “Flora and fauna” section
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The deathstalker scorpion can be 10 cm long, and its venom contains large amounts of agitoxin and scyllatoxin.
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The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), 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.
From the “Flora and fauna” section
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Photo: Project Apollo Archive · Public Domain