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In this Global Eye we are off to the Sahara in northern Africa, the world’s largest desert.

Isn’t a desert the same as a pudding?

No! That’s dessert with two s’s! A desert is a very dry place. The Sahara is a hot desert, but deserts can be very cold too. The South Pole is a kind of desert. Here, it snows just 50 mms a year. During the year in the UK we usually get 15 times more rain or snow than the South Pole.

Visit www.sln.org.uk/geography/enquiry/we4.htm or www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/
explore/nature/deserts/deserts.htm to find out about different kinds of desert.

The Sahara is really, really huge! To give you an idea of how big it is. To give you an idea of how big it is, drag the UK shape onto the map of the Sahara. Can you guess how many countries the size of the UK would fit into the Sahara?

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for the answer.

The Sahara stretches across many African countries. If you followed the line of the Tropic of Cancer how many of these countries would you travel through?

for the answer.

Living in the Sahara has always been difficult because of the desert’s land and climate. Go to the Land and Climate to find out more.