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Sahara desert is located in ___________.

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Asia
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Africa
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North America
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South america
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The correct option is B Africa

The Sahara is a desert located on the African continent With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometers, it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third largest arid region largely after Antarctica and the Arctic. The desert comprises much of North Africa, exclusive of the productive region on the Mediterranean Sea coast, the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb and it's covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia.


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