As-Sahra al-kubra is the largest hot desert in the world known as Sahara. It is the 3rd largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic, and its area is 3600000 square miles.
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Expansion
The Sahara desert stretches across much of North Africa. The Sahara desert extends to Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan, Niger, and Mali till countries. Although a state of sand, there are some mountains and grasslands.
Mineral substance
The Sahara desert contains a variety of valuable minerals. Sahara’s Libya and Algeria parts have found lots of oil and natural gas. In addition, the Sahara desert holds minerals such as iron, copper and phosphate.
Weather
It is noteworthy that, Weather is very hot and dry here. The average annual rainfall is not more than 20cm. Very hot during the day and very cold at night. Occasionally there is snow on the tops of the mountains. Winter to summer temperature fluctuates from 10 degrees Celsius to 43 degrees Celsius. World hot place is the Al-Ajijia part of Libya.
Resident
Most of the people are a nomad in this place. They keep goats, sheep, and camels and wander in the hunt for water. And they cultivate dates, wheat, barley etc. The local Tuareg people work as travel guides for foreign tourists.
Plants
Grasses, shrubs, and small trees grow in some places of the desert. The trees’ roots arrive to enter the deep soil in search of water and absorb water from the air through leaves. Agriculture is irrigated with the help of Artiojo wells. The people here are nomads.
Animals
The Sahara desert is barren, and the number of different species of animals is also low. Animals like snakes, chameleons, and foxes live here. The nomad and deliveryman use camels for transport. It’s called the desert ship. About 70 species of mammals, 90 species of birds, 100 species of reptiles, and some arthropod species of animals live in Sahara. Once upon a time, elephants, giraffes and other wild animals lived here.
Previous condition
About 10000 years ago, the temperature of the Sahara was wet and cold. Evidence of the location of several lakes and some rivers has founded there. Traces of primitive human habitation have been found in desert mountain caves, indicating that there was once water.
