Thursday, July 16, 2009

Sahara Desert(Africa)



The Sahara, with a size of 8.6 million km², is the world's largest desert, covering large parts of North Africa. Around 4 million people live here.Its maximum length is 4,800 km, running from west to east, and up to 1,200 km from north to south.
Sahara has a subtropical climate in its northern parts, and a tropical one in the south. Winters in the north are cold to cool; in the south, mild. Summers are hot all over the desert.

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