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Choose a Page:What is the Organisation of Africa...Which is the longest African river?Who are the smallest Africans?Why was the Suez Canal built?*Where is the world's largest desert?*How many African countries are there?Where are Africa's national parks?How many languages are spoken in S...Who are the Malagasy people?Where is the Horn of Africa?What is the Great Rift Valley?When was President Mandela elected?Where is there snow near the equator?Where was the Gold Coast? Where is the world's largest desert? The Sahara in northern Africa is the largest desert in the world. It covers more than a quarter of Africa's area, stretching over 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. A map of Africa showing the Sahara desert   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Human World Chapter: Africa