INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Antarctica is the largest desert on earth, almost twice the size of the Sahara Desert. How does Antarctica compare to other deserts on earth?

Detailed explanation-2: -Sahara, (from Arabic ṣaḥrāʾ, “desert”) largest desert in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and most isolated continent on Earth, and is considered a desert because its annual precipitation can be less than 51 mm in the interior. It’s covered by a permanent ice sheet that contains 90% of the Earth’s fresh water.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most polar deserts are covered in ice sheets, ice fields, or ice caps, and they are also called white deserts.