Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert covers over 3 600 000 square miles, and is the largest hot sandy desert in the world, after the Antartic and Artic Deserts. If you think about that, the desert in approximately the size of the United States or China! That's crazy! The boundaries of the Sahara Desert stretch from the Red Sea on the east, the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the valley of the Niger river on the south, to the Mediterranean Sea on the north. The desert passes through many countries, at least in part of them, which include Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia.
They're are some rivers that only pass through the desert seasonally, but there is one that exists all year around ansd that is the Nile River. Just because the it is a desert doesnt mean it doesn't have greenland, which can be found more in the nourthern and southern areas, but the center is extremely arid. The geography of the desert includes tremendous sand dunes taller than 600 feet (180 meters) and dune fields which may be described as a sea of sand. Additionally, there are unusual and unique landforms, stone plateaus, salt flats, gravel plains, and arid valleys.
They're are some rivers that only pass through the desert seasonally, but there is one that exists all year around ansd that is the Nile River. Just because the it is a desert doesnt mean it doesn't have greenland, which can be found more in the nourthern and southern areas, but the center is extremely arid. The geography of the desert includes tremendous sand dunes taller than 600 feet (180 meters) and dune fields which may be described as a sea of sand. Additionally, there are unusual and unique landforms, stone plateaus, salt flats, gravel plains, and arid valleys.
Animals in the Sahara
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A journey into the Sahara can be as varied as the desert itself, but there
are some quintessential Saharan experiences. Most begin in the gateway towns where adventures out into the desert are organised. Often oases, these towns are centres of Saharan culture, places where the architecture comes naturally from the earth and the slow pace of life has changed little in the past centuries. For exploring past the town or village limits, there are two major ways of getting around. A slow march across the sands on a camel, allowing you to appreciate details and pass through this spectacular views and your surroundings, also experiencing Saharan landscapes. Sleeping between four walls is something that ends in the towns. Out amid the sands or Saharan mountains, nights are spent around a campfire and a soft bed of sand is the mattress of choice. Most Saharan excursions carry tents but many travellers prefer to sleep outdoors beneath the clearest show of stars on earth. When to go Travel in the Sahara is best between October and April or early May when daytime temperatures are pretty bearable. In the depths of the Saharan winter (especially December and January), night-time temperatures can fall below freezing. Sand storms are possible from January through May, while no sensible person ventures into the fierce firestorm of heat that covers the Sahara from June to early September. Rain is rarely a problem. |
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