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Get Ready to Journey Into One of Earth’s Most Magnificent Deserts in the World! By: Katelyn, Lee, R.T., And Gabby

The Sahara Desert!. Get Ready to Journey Into One of Earth’s Most Magnificent Deserts in the World! By: Katelyn, Lee, R.T., And Gabby. Sahara Desert!. Here is a picture of what the Sahara Desert might look like.

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Get Ready to Journey Into One of Earth’s Most Magnificent Deserts in the World! By: Katelyn, Lee, R.T., And Gabby

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  1. The Sahara Desert! Get Ready to Journey Into One of Earth’s Most Magnificent Deserts in the World! By: Katelyn, Lee, R.T., And Gabby

  2. Sahara Desert! • Here is a picture of what the Sahara Desert might look like.

  3. The Sahara Desert is the largest tropical climatic desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa. The Sahara is rich in metallic minerals such as iron, copper, manganese, tin, nickel, chromium, zinc, lead, cobalt, silver, gold, platinum, thorium, and uranium. Natural Resources!

  4. Natural Resources!

  5. Natural Resources! • Major oil and gas reserves and very large underground reserves of water have also been found. It is just about impossible to reach the areas where all these natural resources are, and this slows down the process of getting them

  6. Natural Resources!

  7. The daily summer temperatures average to about 90 degrees fairenheight. Parts of the desert have a daytime temperature higher than 110 degrees. Now that’s HOT!! The daily temperature in the Sahara averages from 50 to 60 degrees fairenheight. It is extremely hot during the day and cool at night. The average rainfall is about 4 inches. In large areas they receive less than 1 inch a year. Climate!

  8. History! • Years and years ago the Sahara used to have a much wetter climate. Can you believe that after I told you how hot it is. The Sahara even had many lakes and streams. About 1,000 B.C. people came and lived by fishing.

  9. Major Landmark! • The Great Sphinx is a major landmark that is located near the Sahara Desert.

  10. Physical Landforms! • People live at the feet of 600 ft. sandunes. • Saguenay River is an important source of water. • Sandunes are called ergs. • Flat gravel plains called regs. • Rocky desert uplands called hamdas. • Sand covers about 10 percent. • Desert is a 600 meter plateau. • The Sahara extends more than 3,500 miles of northern Africa.

  11. Animal Life! • African Oryx- which has long horns • African Camel • Scorpion- which has a poisonous stinger on the end of it’s tail • Monitor- which is cold blooded • Vulture- which has keen eyesight Extinct or Endangered Species African Dodo Bird The Great White African Elephant

  12. Scorpion!

  13. Plant Life! • African Peyote Cactus- which can hold water for a long time • African Welwitchsia- which can spread out it’s roots • African Sombrero Cactus • African Mesquite • African Scrub Flower Extinct or Endangered Plant Species African Sombrero Cactus Saharan Long Brush

  14. African Peyote Cactus!

  15. Other Facts! • Same size as the United States • They use camels for transportation • Trans- Saharan highway crosses the desert from North to South • Sometimes they drive motor vehicles on unpaved roads • Has a population of about 2 million

  16. I hope you have enjoyed your journey into The Great Sahara Desert!!

  17. THE END!!

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