Physical Features
The something Desert
The Sahara Desert has a lot of physical features some of them are the ergs, and Hamadas. The ergs cover about 20% of the Sahara Desert.
The population of the desert is between 2.5 and 4 million. Most people in the dessert move place to place, but they raise sheep, goats, or camels. They move in their tents when the grass is eaten from a place. Some people raise crops on irrigated land. They mostly eat rice which they carry or camel and sheep which move with them.
opportunities
Landforms
Climate
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Landforms of the Sahara include dues, plateaus, plains, mountains, dry valleys and lakes, salt flats, and oases. The desert covers about 25% of Africa, or 3.3 million square miles and is roughly equivalent to the size of Brazil.
The Sahara is the worlds largest
hot desert and one of the harshest environments on the planet. In some areas they have no rain for several years and then receive 5 inches or more. Daytime temperatures, especially in summer, are among the hottest in the world. Around 100° F. (38° C.) are common. Because the air is so dry and has few clouds, the temperature drops quickly after sunset. Differences of as much as 50° F. (28° C.) between day and night occur regularly.
The Sahara Desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,000 square miles or roughly 10% of the continent.
Vegetation
Natural Resources
An enormous wealth of natural resources are hidden in the Sahara Desert.
One of them are natural gas in oil, especially in Algeria, and Libya. Algeria and Mauritania have large reserves of iron ore, and large quantities of phosphates are in Morocco.
The Sahara has various types of vegetation. Such as the African Peyote cactus, the red acacia tree, the mosquito tree, thyme tree, and the Olive tree.
Challenges
Some challenges people face are lack of water, sand dunes, intensity of sun during the day, cold during the night, and diseases.