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Sahara Sahara Desert in Northern Africa
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How big is the Sahara? The Sahara is 3.3 million square miles or 25% of Africa.
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What is the tribe in the Sahara? The tribe is the Turegs. Some customs are wearing blue vials and trading gold and ivory.
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Meals Camel’s milk and dried dates It is milk from camels and then they dry the dates in baking sun.
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Animals The Sahara is a home for fennec fox, camel, jerboa, and horned viper. Some animals are the fennec fox, the jerboa, camels and horned viper. The fennec fox is the size of a cat it has huge ears to keep cool it hunts at night. A camel is a horse like creature that can hold water for months. The jerboa is a small mouse that makes tunnels to cool its self down. A horned viper is very dangerous and has a poisonous bite. It can grow up to 2 feet.
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Oasis It is a small pond formed by natural springs that gives water to people and animals.
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Topography Chotts, wadis and regs. A reg is a plain of sand and black gravel. Chotts are depressions filled with salt. A wadis is a temporary water source.
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The average temperature? The average temperature is 85 to103.
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The highest temperature The Sahara holds the world record for highest temperature at 103.5
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It is not very rainy! It rains about 1.5 to 2.56 inches a year.
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Countries Algeria, Tunisia Chad, Egypt Libya, Mali Mauritania, Morocco Niger, Sudan Western Sahara
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Climate Very hot and dry and sandy too.
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I hope you enjoyed… The Sahara PowerPoint by Tommy Wilber
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