Question

Located in North Africa, which is the largest desert on Earth?
a. Gobi
b. Thar
c. Sahara

Answer 1

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Option c.

Sahara

Located in North Africa, Sahara is the largest desert on Earth.

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• Sahara meaning ‘desert’ in Arabic, the largest hot desert in the world, lies in the African continent.

• It extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the West to the Red sea in the East.

• In the north it is bounded by the Atlas mountains and the Mediterranean Sea comma and in the south it merges into the Savanna grasslands.

• The area of the desert is 8.54 sq.km.

• Besides the vast stretch of sand dunes the Saharan landscape comprises a number of distinct physical features such as Oasis , plateaus , depressions etc.

• The climate is extremely harsh and dry which majorly fluctuating temperature range.

• At time summer temperatures cross 55° C and winter temperatures fall below freezing point.

The answer is not Thar or Gobi desert because :

• Thar desert is loctaed in India.

• Gobi desert is located in the northern China and southern Mongolia.

Answer 2

Answer : Sahara desert

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

>> Sahara desert is the largest hot desert on Earth.

>> Sahara desert located in North Africa which spreads in countries like Libya,Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Chad, Western Sahara, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Niger.

>> The largest cold deserts in the world are Antarctica and Arctic pole.

>> Sahara desert is one the most dangerous and harsh place in the world.

>> The longest river in the world river Nile flows through this desert.

>> Sahara desert is surrounded by Mediterranean sea, red sea, Nile river, Atlas mountains.

>> Thar desert is located in India which is also known as Great Indian desert.

>> Gobi desert is located in Mangolia and parts of Russia.

>> Gobi desert is the cold desert.