Which of the following is not true of the Sahara Region?

Once there existed good number of rivers and dense vegetation and the area experienced a good amount of rainfall

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Dates are grown in abundance here

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Days are very hot and nights are very cold

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Rainfall in Sahara region exceeds

23

inches per year

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Solution

The correct option is D Rainfall in Sahara region exceeds $23$ inches per year
All the given options are correct except for option D.
The world's largest hot desert, the Sahara is the extreme arid locations on Earth receiving an average of 1-4 inches of annual rainfall.

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