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What is the largest desert in the world? ... The largest (nonpolar) desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa, which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5 million square miles. ... For a list of the rest of the world's largest desert regions, check out our table of Principal Deserts of the World.
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Where is the World's Largest Desert? The Sahara Desert in Northern Africa - by Geology.com ... The largest areas on Earth that fit this definition are the polar regions. Antarctica has a surface area of about 14 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles), making it the largest desert in the world.
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Before the Sahara dried up the largest desert would have been the Australian central desert, which is about 3400 kilometers across (2100 miles). There are deserts across a very broad stretch of central Asia but they are broken by mountains with forests.
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Subject: Why is Antarctica not considered the largest desert in the world? ... I have been trying to find out why also, but no where have Ihave been unalbe to find where it explains the the Sahara desert being the largest "hot desert" and Antarctica being really the largest desert. Can you explain this to me?
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Question: Why is Antarctica not considered the largest desert in the world? From: john Grade: 4-6 City: Liberty Township, State/Prov.: OH Country: USA Area: Earth Sciences Message ID Number: 1001896997.Es We are studying about biomes in science.
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The Sahara Desert, covering most of North Africa, is the largest desert in the world. From north to south the Sahara is between 800 and 1,200 miles and is at least 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west.
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Scientists in China say they have found evidence proving their nation's Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest desert, is older than thought.
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