THE SAHARA

3.629 MILLION SQUARE MILES LONG

HUMAN IMPACT

• The people that live in the Sahara desert is made up of of the Tuareg and the Bedouin tribes, which mainly herd animals
• Humans harm the ecosystem by drilling for oil, military testing and training, taking animal land and polluting the desert
• People build communities by using the sand and transferring it into sandstone.

FACTS

• The Sahara receives less than 40cm of rain a year.
• The Sahara Desert is in northern Africa, covering 12 different countries.
• Deserts can contain large mineral deposits.
• The largest hot desert on Earth is the Sahara.
• several types of hyenas are among the carnivores that roam the Sahara

HISTORY

• The battle of Kefra was with the free French and Britain vs Italy
• Alied victory And was in 1942 (WW2)
• At the end of the last Ice Age, the Sahara Desert was just as dry and uninviting as it is today.
• [edit] The Neolithic Subpluvial began during the 7th millennium BC and was strong for about 2,000 years

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