Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Useful Information about the Sahara


Useful Information..


The Sahara desert is in Africa. It is 2.5 million years old
and is the largest desert in the world
spreading out over a huge area almost
as large as the USA! Some parts of the
Sahara are sandy, but much of it is just
rocky wasteland.


Some of the biggest sand dunes can be found in the Sahara. They rise up to
465 metres.
This desert lies between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.




Fast Fact #6: Sahara means "desert" in Arabic.

2 comments:

Rory_842 said...
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Rory_842 said...

Hey Grace,
Sounds like you are having alot of fun!