CLIMATE OF THE SAHARA DESERT
- The Average temperature is 86 degrees. During the hottest months the temperature can exceed 122 degrees.
- Snow may fall occasionally in some of the higher mountain ranges, on the desert floor.
- It rains less than 5 inches per year.
- The temperature in the day is about 100° F (38° C) while it goes down after the sun set. The Sahara desert is considered as a major source of oil, gas, and metal ores.
BIOME LOCATION
- The Sahara Desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,000 square miles (9,000,000 sq km) or roughly 10% of the continent. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it stretches west to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, the Sahara Desert's northern boundary is the Mediterranean Sea, while in the south it ends at the Sahel, an area where the desert landscape transforms into a semi-arid tropical savanna.
UNIQUE QUALITIES OF THE DESERT
BIOTIC AND A BIOTIC FACTORS
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Characteristics of the desert!!!
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