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The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth
It spans over nine million square kilometres across northern Africa
Covering nearly the entire northern third of the African continent, the Sahara Desert spans roughly 9.2 million square kilometres. It features sand seas, gravel plains, and rocky plateaus. Despite harsh conditions, arid-adapted wildlife and human populations have inhabited its oases for millennia.
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- It spans over nine million square kilometres across northern Africa. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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