Why is the Sahara desert located in Northern Africa?

Location. Blanketing much of the northern third of the African Continent, or some 3. read more

In the Northern Hemisphere there's the American Southwest, the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, etc. In the Southern hemisphere there's the Atacama Desert, the Kalahari, the Australian Outback, and so on. This isn't just coincidence, but is tied to a phenomenon known as the"Hadley Cell", a sort of conveyer belt that circulates our atmosphere. read more

The Sahara desert is located across Northern Africa and covers approximately 10 percent of the African continent. Its borders include the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Red Sea to the east. read more

To the north, the Sahara skirts the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt and portions of Libya, but in Cyrenaica and the Maghreb, the Sahara borders the Mediterranean forest, woodland, and scrub eco-regions of northern Africa, all of which have a Mediterranean climate characterized by hot summers and cool and rainy winters. read more