GEOGRAPHY THROUGH MAPS
Sahara Desert
The Sahara occupies much of North Africa, from the Atlantic margin toward the Red Sea. It contains mountains, gravel plains, bare rock plateaus and sand seas.
Fast Facts
- The world’s largest hot desert; Antarctic and Arctic deserts are cold deserts.
- Erg means a sand sea; hamada is exposed rocky plateau; reg or serir is stony or gravel plain.
- The Sahel is a transitional semi-arid belt south of the Sahara.
Connected lessons
- Sahara DesertMap, explanation and practice
- Canary CurrentMap, explanation and practice
- From Sahara to Sahel and savannaGuided exploration
Geographical connections
- Lake ChadRelated places
- Atlas MountainsRelated places
- Hoggar / Ahaggar MountainsRelated places
- Tibesti MountainsRelated places
- SahelRelated places
- Canary CurrentRelated places
- Great Green WallRelated places
- Libyan DesertRelated places
- Western SaharaRelated places
- Al-AziziyahRelated places
- Canary CurrentInfluenced by
- Subtropical high pressureRelated concept