Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million square miles - an area roughly the size of the ...
North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.
Africa is the second-driest inhabited continent after Australia and as such, provides some varied deserts. Believed by ... we take a look at some of Australia's wildlife and natural wonders.
Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.
The photo comes from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus visible-light camera, and depicts the first snowfall recorded in the massive African desert in 37 years. The snow-covered area ...
Hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming through parts of East Africa and South Asia ... Reuters A swarm of newly hatched desert locusts are seen on a tree as men look on, near the town ...