Sahara is a desert area located in North Africa. It is the largest desert on Earth (is 9 064 300 km2), extending over a length of 5700 km from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, to the north is limited to the Atlas mountains and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Dry tropical climate distinguished by the amplitude of the daily high temperatures - up to 40 ° C (maximum temperature of 56.3 ° C). Annual rainfall does not exceed 200 mm. In winter, the Sahara blow strong winds (called regional, inter alia, simoom).
Fauna is very poor. But the rocky and sandy semi-arid enclave lined with bushes and thorny thicket serve as a refuge for interesting animals. Here lives a small desert fox, but with long ears. Also maned goat and lots of reptiles, the most interesting among them is the Antelope ADDAX at risk of extinction.
Sahara is a desert area located in North Africa. It is the largest desert on Earth (is 9 064 300 km2), extending over a length of 5700 km from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, to the north is limited to the Atlas mountains and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Dry tropical climate distinguished by the amplitude of the daily high temperatures - up to 40 ° C (maximum temperature of 56.3 ° C). Annual rainfall does not exceed 200 mm. In winter, the Sahara blow strong winds (called regional, inter alia, simoom).
Fauna is very poor. But the rocky and sandy semi-arid enclave lined with bushes and thorny thicket serve as a refuge for interesting animals. Here lives a small desert fox, but with long ears. Also maned goat and lots of reptiles, the most interesting among them is the Antelope ADDAX at risk of extinction.