The Sahara Desert: The Biggest Desert
Aileen Weintraub
24 pages, Library Binding
ISBN: 0823956407
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Language: English
Publish: December 30, 2000
The Sahara is almost as large as the United States. Daytime temperatures have soared to 136 degrees Fahrenheit and, hours later, plunged to below freezing at night. Few could survive more than four hours there without water. Yet, this hostile environment is home to 2.5 million people.