GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Namib, which in the local Khoekhoegowab language means “vast place, ‘’ is considered the only true desert in southern Africa. This is due to its minuscule annual precipitation levels of less than eight inches a year and it having no surface water.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert and the third largest desert behind Antarctica and the Arctic. Located in North Africa, it covers large sections of the continent-covering 9, 200, 000 square kilometers which is comparable to the are of China or the US!

Detailed explanation-3: -The climate south of the equator mirrors that of the north of the equator but the shape of the northern half of Africa reduces any maritime influence. This shape difference results in a large desert, Sahara in the north and a much smaller one, Kalahari, in the south.