Sahara Desert

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A satellite image of the Sahara.
A satellite image of the Sahara.

The Sahara Desert in north Africa is the largest desert in the world. It is about 9,065,000 square kilometres in size. Some scientists think it is 2.5 million years old.

The name Sahara is from an Arabic word صحر that means desert.

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