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Sahara

[ suh-har-uh, -hair-uh, -hahr-uh ]

noun

  1. a desert in northern Africa, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 square kilometers).
  2. any arid waste.


Sahara

/ ²õəˈ³óÉ‘Ë°ùÉ™ /

noun

  1. a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea and from the Mediterranean to central Mali, Niger, Chad, and the Sudan: the largest desert in the world, occupying over a quarter of Africa; rises to over 3300 m (11 000 ft) in the central mountain system of the Ahaggar and Tibesti massifs; large reserves of iron ore, oil, and natural gas. Area: 9 100 000 sq km (3 500 000 sq miles). Average annual rainfall: less than 254 mm (10 in.). Highest recorded temperature: 58°C (136.4°F)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Sahara

  1. Desert in northern Africa .
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Notes

At approximately 3.5 million square miles, it is the world's largest desert.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Sahara1

From Arabic á¹£aḥr²¹ (plural á¹£aḥÄrÄå ) “desertâ€
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The following year, he ran the legendary Marathon de Sables, a 155-mile race over six days in the Sahara desert.

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The documents also implicate Libyan agents in the destruction of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1989, killing another 170 people.

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He had also said that the disputed territory of Western Sahara was historically part of Morocco.

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One of the biggest fog water harvesting systems is in Morocco, on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

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Last month Macron made a state visit to Morocco, during which he declared French support for Moroccan claims to sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

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