Sahara Desert Facts, Pictures: Discover The World’s Largest Desert
Sahara Desert facts: get the lowdown on one of Earth’s most remarkable places.
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Sahara Desert Facts: Introduction
The Sahara Desert covers an area of 9.2 million square kilometers / 3.5 million square miles, and is the largest hot desert in the world.
The Sahara desert is roughly the same size as the United States. (The area of the USA is 9.834 milllion km2 / 3.797 sq mi including water, and 9.148 million km2 / 3.53 …