THE ENVIRONMENT
The Sahara (Arabic word for “desert”) is the second largest desert, behind Antarctica, and is the world’s largest hot desert. It spans most of Northern Africa and has an area of 9.4 million square kilometres. The desert includes all or part of Algeria, Egypt, Chad, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia. The Nile River flows through the Sahara. The Sahara’s climate is extremely hot and dry. It experiences high temperatures, with annual averages around 30 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature recorded was at El Azizia, Libya, in 1922, with 58 degrees Celsius. There is always very little cloud cover over the desert, so it receives sun almost all year round. The Sahara experiences regular sandstorms. The average annual rainfall over the whole desert is, on average, less than 100mm. Some locations receive more rainfall than others. Some areas receive no rain for several years at a time.
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BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FEATURES
Biotic features of the environment include shrubs, trees, birds, rodents and many species of land animals. Abiotic features include sand, dunes, the Nile River, rocks, wind, temperature and rainfall.
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DEATHSTALKER
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