Sahara Desert
| Name |
Sahara Desert |
| Rank |
03rd |
| Area |
9.40 million square km (3.6 million square miles) |
| Location |
Northern portion of Africa (Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia) |
| Topography |
Sand, dunes and gravel plants |
| Type |
Subtropical |
The Sahara is the world's largest non- polar desert. The Sahara Desert is the hottest place in the world and the average temperature is 58 degree Celsius. In some places the sand dunes can reach up to 180 meters. The length of desert is 4,800 km and the width is 1,800 km.
