What are some really good facts about the Sahara desert?
It is the world’s largest desert The world’s hottest surface temperature was recorded there (el Azizza, Libya 136F) During the Ice Ages, the Sahara was much more humid, with a climate similar to that of the African savanahs, and had crocodiles, giraffes and other animals that don’t live there now Micheal Palin, a member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus did a documentary miniseries on the Shara Desert. The Tuareg People of western parts of the Sahara Desert are known for their warrior history and their bright blue clothes There is a disputed nation in the Sahara Desert, Western Sahara is currently claimed and administered by Morocco, but the native inhabitants insist that it is an independent nation The world’s longest river (the Nile) flows through the Sahara Most of the people who live in the Sahara are Muslims, but there is a group of people called the Dokon who have held onto their own religion and culture, they live in some of the most remote parts of the desert.
