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 …

Dec 21, 2025 · People have lived in the Sahara long before recorded history, at certain times in regions that are now too arid for human inhabitance. Archaeological findings indicate that there were once …

A vast desert of northern Africa extending east from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea and south from the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea to the Sahel. About 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, the …

Geographically, ""Saharan"" refers to any country touched by the Sahara desert, which runs horizontally along the northern 20-25% of the African continent, and sub-Saharan countries occupy the middle of …

Factsheet What does the word Saharan mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Saharan. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

2 days ago · Saharan Other forms: Saharans Definitions of Saharan adjective of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert noun

To their south lies the Saharan desert. This depression is the termination of what is in all probability the bed of one of the dried-up Saharan rivers. The Great, or Saharan Atlas contains some of the highest …

a group of languages spoken in parts of Chad and adjacent countries, now generally regarded as forming a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family adjective

The Sahara divides the continent into North and Sub-Saharan Africa. The southern border of the Sahara is marked by a band of semiarid savannas called the Sahel; south of the Sahel lies lusher Sudan and …

Dec 22, 2025 · Opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa A recent analysis and accompanying dashboard by IFPRI provides quantitative estimates of the GHG emissions from deploying either diesel-powered or …