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Sahara
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Sahara

Desert on the African continent

PlacedesertQ6583

Also known as aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Kubrā · The Sahara · Sahara Desert · as-Sahra · al-Sahara · al-Sahra

Country
Located in
Area
  • 9,200,000 km²

Overview

All data

105 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Continent
Highest point
Lowest point
Length
  • 4,800 km
Width
  • 1,800 km
Native label
  • الصحراء الكُبرى
Ecoregion (WWF)
Different from
Köppen climate classification
Time zone

On other databases

61 identifiers linking Sahara across the web's reference databases