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The Sahara desert is the worlds largest desert. It reaches from the Atlantic ocean side, to the Red Sea. It is over 5,200 miles long. In total it covers more than 3,500,000 square miles. In the west the Sahara is very rocky with unsettled ground. It has many underground rivers. The central region has more elevation then others. The Libyan desert isn't eastern Sahara. It is very dry. The climate in the Sahara is very dry and hot. It becomes hot during the day, and turns cold at night. It has an average of 8 inches of rain each year. It has a small population of 2 million people due to the little rain fall.

The Sahara desert covers most of North Africa, one third of the continent. Some areas can be for several years with not one drop of rainfall. They are many wind storms, causing lots of dust and sand to blow everywhere.

Both the Nile and the Niger rivers cross through the Sahara. They support most of the deserts human population.

The boundaries of the Sahara are the Atlas mountains and Mediterranean sea on the north. The Atlantic Ocean on the west. The Red Sea and Egypt, and the Sudan and the valley of the Niger River on the south.

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