Sahara

The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.

desert located in Western Asia

Sandstone massif in Algeria’s central Sahara Desert

thumb|upright=1.5|Sirocco wind Sirocco ( ) or scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season.

northeastern part of the Sahara comprising desert areas in Egypt, Libya and Sudan

highland region in Algeria

mountain range in Niger

mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya

desert

trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa

mountain range in the Sahara desert of Africa

Sahara desert east of the Nile river

Murzuk, Murzuq, Murzug or Merzug () is an oasis town and the capital of the Murzuq District in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It lies on the northern edge of the Murzuq Desert, an extremely arid region of ergs or great sand dunes which is part of the greater Sahara Desert.

tallest mountain in Algeria

circular feature in the Sahara desert

mountain range in Chad, Africa

thumb|Ksar Aït Benhaddou, [[Morocco, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987]] Ksar or qṣar (), in plural ksour or qsour (), is a type of fortified village in North Africa, usually found in the regions predominantly or traditionally inhabited by Berbers (Amazigh). The equivalent Berber term used is '''' (singular) or (plural).

erg in Algeria and Tunisia

north-central African region

mountain range

mountain in Egypt

Egyptian part of the Libyan Desert

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mountain in Libya

highway

plateau and historical site in Niger

aquifer

province of Algeria

province of Algeria

province of Algeria

province of Algeria

province of Algeria

province of Algeria

Province of Algeria

province of Algeria

province of Algeria

Desert in Mauritania and Mali

mountain in Egypt

erg in Libya

erg in Libya

hip-length, belted jacket with two sets of patch pockets and a notched collar

thumb|right|upright=1.2|The Kaouar from near Bilma.

thumb|319x319px|bird's-eye-view of old town Fachi. Views of surrounding suburbs can be seen.

tuareg confederation in Algeria

desert in Chad

thumb|right|A camel train traveling from Agadez to Bilma (Niger), 1985. thumb|right|Slabs of salt from the mines of Taoudenni stacked on the quayside at the port of Mopti (Mali) thumb|right|Rock salt at the market in Mopti. It is sold here in slabs, broken and weighed, and packaged into smaller amounts. The Azalai (Tamasheq, var. Azalay) is a semi-annual salt caravan route practiced by Tuareg traders in the Sahara desert between Timbuktu and the Taoudenni salt mine in Mali, or the act of traveling with a caravan along that route.

hot, dry and sometimes dust-laden atmospheric layer

desert ecoregion in Africa

erg

mountains in Algeria

erg

Moroccan erg

erg

2007 film by James Moll

pair of geological features in Libya

erg in Algeria

thumb|250x250px|View from Assekrem left|thumb|Short video sequence filmed from the Assekrem. Assekrem is a high plateau in the Hoggar Mountains of southern Algeria. Rising from the larger Atakor plateau, Assekrem is within Ahaggar National Park. The maximum altitude of the plateau is .

ethnic group