Sahara
North African expanse
The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, spanning much of North Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
Its name comes from Arabic for desert.
Sahara often appears as shorthand for extreme dryness or emptiness: My skin feels like the Sahara in winter.
The phrase Sahara Desert is technically redundant but standard in English.
Wind-formed sand ridges
- sandFine rock particles
- SahelSemi-arid African transition zone
- MaghrebNorthwest African region
- LibyaNorth African country
Algeria · Niger · Chad · Mali · Mauritania · Egypt · Morocco · Tunisia
Humped desert mammal
- dromedarySingle-humped camel species
- fennec foxDiminutive large-eared desert canid
- addaxSpiral-horned Saharan antelope
- oryxLong-horned desert antelope
scorpion · viper · jackal · gazelle · ostrich · dung beetle · sandgrouse · jerboa
Devoid of water
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- dryFree from moisture
sandstorm · haboob · harmattan · sirocco · evaporation · desolation · barren · parched
Saharan Berber ethnic group
- BerberNorth African ethnic group
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
- caravanTraveling group with goods
tribe · pastoralist · herder · Fulani
Commerce in crystalline preservative
- gold tradeExchange of precious metal
- caravan routesMerchant travel paths
- rock artImages on natural stone
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
dunes
Wind-formed sand ridges
Libya · Algeria · Niger · Chad · Mali · Mauritania · Egypt · Morocco · Tunisia · Atlas Mountains
camel
Humped desert mammal
- dromedarySingle-humped camel species
- fennec foxDiminutive large-eared desert canid
- addaxSpiral-horned Saharan antelope
oryx · scorpion · viper · jackal · gazelle · ostrich · dung beetle · sandgrouse · jerboa · monitor lizard
arid
Devoid of water
dry · sandstorm · haboob · harmattan · sirocco · evaporation · desolation · barren · parched · sun
Tuareg
Saharan Berber ethnic group
- BerberNorth African ethnic group
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
caravan · tribe · pastoralist · herder · Fulani
salt trade
Commerce in crystalline preservative
- gold tradeExchange of precious metal
- caravan routesMerchant travel paths
- rock artImages on natural stone
cave paintings · neolithic · slave trade · colonization · exploration
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- African GeographySouth Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana
- African NatureAfrican elephants, African lions, Serengeti, Congo Basin, Nile
- desertsGobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari, Sonoran
- World RegionsEurope, Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania
SaharaAmazon rainforest
Largest tropical forest ecosystem
wetland · swamp · bayou · bog · Everglades
Saharajungle
Dense tropical forest
rainforest · Amazon · forest · woodland · taiga
SaharaAntarctica
Southernmost continental landmass
Arctic · Siberia · tundra · Arctic Circle · North Pole
- sub-Saharan AfricaContinent south of Sahara
- Sahara DesertMassive North African arid region
- sub saharan africa
- Western SaharaContested northwest African territory
- trans-Saharan tradeCommerce crossing African desert
- Saharan dustAfrican desert sediment aloft