| Spread over 9,000,000 square kilometres, Sahara | | | | that last for months and years. Sahara recorded |
| is one of the largest deserts in the world, | | | | the highest temperature in September, which was |
| covering most of Northern Africa. Tracing back to | | | | 58 degrees. Common temperature at night is 30 |
| the history of Sahara, Berbers, Egyptians, Nubians, | | | | degrees. |
| Phoenicians and Greeks were a few ancient | | | | Sahara has gone though both wet and dry |
| inhabitants of the Sahara. Berbers, being the | | | | weathers over a few decades that resulted in the |
| oldest inhabitants, have always posed threats to | | | | contraction of Sahara, drying out its Northern |
| other inhabitants. The urban civilization constituted | | | | part, while South was saved by heavy rains and |
| of the Garamantes, who spread rapidly but | | | | monsoons. Today, Sahara is dry as it was |
| eventually crumpled. | | | | decades ago. |
| Finally, the Arabs settled and trading became | | | | A few countries that Sahara covers partly or |
| popular. With this trading process, the Oasis | | | | completely are Algeria, Chad, Morocco, Libya, |
| communities started to live in interdependence | | | | Egypt, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Sudan, Tunisia and |
| with the Arabs. Salt, cloth, gold, manufactured | | | | Western Sahara. Some of the Sahara languages |
| goods, horses and etc. were traded amongst | | | | include Arabic (all across Atlantic till red sea), |
| communities. The camel was used as a trading | | | | afro-asiatic, nilo-saharan, kanuri, Tegada and many |
| source, which was introduced in the first century | | | | more. |
| (A.D). This trade continued even between | | | | Many Highways have also been introduced in |
| different parts of the Europe. The first few | | | | Sahara since quite some time now, namely Trans |
| European explorers to be in Sahara were Friedrich | | | | African highways, Cairo Dakar highways, Trans |
| Horneman and Mungo Park, in 1805 and 1806. | | | | Sahara highway, Tripoli-Cape Town Highway, |
| Sahara is known to be a stone desert, | | | | Cairo- Cape Town Highway etc. |
| constituting of more than 70% rocks and gravel | | | | The Sahara also covers many eco-regions, which |
| and around 15% sand dunes. Some of the region | | | | include Atlantic coastal desert, Sahara desert, |
| of Sahara is still unexplored, while most people | | | | South Saharan steppe and woodlands, West |
| travel because of fine routes and roads. Little | | | | Saharan montane xeric woodloands, Tibesti Jebel |
| vegetation is also seen in Sahara in some of its | | | | Uweinat montane xeric woodlands, Saharan |
| parts. The highest peak in the Sahara is Emi | | | | Halophytics and Tanezrouft. Around 2,000,000 |
| Koussi, a shield volcano in the Tibesti range of | | | | people are living in Sahara now, including some |
| northern Chad. | | | | 700,000 nomads. |
| Being located in such a place, the Sahara has a | | | | Several mountain ranges, many volcanic, rise from |
| warmer climate. The wind blows frequently and at | | | | the Sahara desert, including the Air Mountains, |
| very high speeds. Day temperatures are high and | | | | Ahaggar Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tibesti |
| dusty winds blow across the North and South of | | | | Mountains, Adrar des Iforas, and the Red Sea hills. |
| Sahara. After long durations of dry and warm | | | | Similarly, many animals like ostrich, sand vipers, |
| weather, the desert does have heavy rain falls | | | | camels, lizards, African dog and cheetah live there. |