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General information about the Sahara desert
Sahara – the largest desert in the world . Only a small part of the Sahara desert fertile – there is growing wheat , figs and other fruits – these parts of the desert are red underground rivers and oases . Sahara desert could be particularly interesting at night , with fresh , clean and transparent air , and the stars , seemingly very close . You will feel like you can almost touch them , being alone with a deafening silence. Sahara Desert stretches across most of North Africa , covering 9,000,000 square kilometers ( roughly the size of United States ). In fact , the Sahara Desert covers approximately 30% of the entire African continent. This – the honest place in the world with summer temperatures that often exceed 57 degrees Celsius. In the desert , passes the annual rainfall ( up to 25 millimeters ) and very windy sand storms , raising sand 1,000 meters in height and constantly moving dunes.