Question

extent of sahara desert ​

Answer 1

Blanketing much of the northern third of the African Continent, or some 3.5 million square miles, the Sahara Desert extends eastward from the Atlantic Ocean some 3,000 miles to the Nile River and the Red Sea, and southward from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the Mediterranean shores more than 1,000 miles.

Answer 2

it's east-west extent is about 5500 km and north-south extent is about 1900 km..