GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sahara (/səˈhɑːrə/, /səˈhærə/) is a desert on the African continent. With an area of 9, 200, 000 square kilometres (3, 600, 000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Desert-any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation-is one of Earth’s major types of ecosystems. Deserts are found throughout the world, especially in Africa and Australia. The world’s largest desert is the Sahara, which covers nearly all of northern Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert, covering 8.5 million square kilometers (3.3 million square miles), about the size of the South American country of Brazil. Defining Africa’s northern bulge, the Sahara makes up 25 percent of the continent.