What are 3 facts about the sahara desert?

Answer 1

The Sahara desert is the world's hottest desert. It is located in Africa. :)
It is very hot in the daytime and below freezing during the night. It is the second largest desert in the world, after Antarctica. The Berbers occupy two thirds of the Sahara.

Answer 2

The Sahara Desert cover about 9,000,000 square kilometers and the overall area is as large as the continental United States.

Some of the hottest months have a temperature rising to about 50 degrees celsius. On the coldest months, Winter for example, can get to be below freezing points.

The landforms in this desert often undergo constant change. These landforms are shaped as per the direction of the wind and the occasional rainfalls.

Although being a desert area, one can notice annual rainfall in many regions of this vast land area. There are different climates witnessed in different regions such as the subtropical climate in the northern land where as a tropical climate in the southern area. Over the years, the climate of the Sahara desert has undergone humungous changes. This desert therefore, is known for its harsh climates so typical of all deserts!

This hot desert has annual temperatures that can exceed 30 degrees C. Some of the hottest months have temperatures exceeding 50 degrees C. In the winters, the temperatures drop below freezing points. This itself explains the diverse climates of this hot desert.

Studies have revealed the changing size of the Sahara desert! Observations made with the help of satellite photographs have proven this desert can shrink or even grow in size.

The Sahara desert is home to quite a few species of animals. Camels and goats are the only ones amongst the domesticated animals one may see out here. Apart from these, the Saharan cheetah, the sand vipers, scorpions and monitor lizards can be found out here.

This desert has some of the tallest sand dunes and these can reach 189 meters in height. The land area also has stone plateaus, large gravel plains, dry valleys and even sand flats.

The Sahara desert has around 500 species of flora. These consist of mainly ephemeral plants known locally as Acheb. At some oases, close to the Nile Valley, one can find olive trees growing out here. Vegetation is found in areas where the ground water reaches the surface of the land.

Answer 3

they are dry

they are not wet

they can be hot or cold

they have less than 250mm of rain fall a year

Answer 4

Name:Sahara Desert

Answer 5

three facts about the Sahara desert