Question

What is the length of the Sahara Desert?
A. 800 km
B. 4800 km
C. 1600 km
D. 2000 km

Answer 1

Hint: The largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic is the Sahara desert. The total area of the desert is 9,200,000 square km.

Complete Answer: The largest hot desert in the world, the Sahara desert is situated in the continent of Africa. From the Arabic word desert, the term Sahara has been derived. After Antarctica and the Arctic, the desert is the third-largest desert in the world.
The regions of Egypt, Chad, Mali, Libya, Niger, Morocco, Sudan, Western Sahara, Algeria, etc are covered by the Sahara desert. The total area of this hot desert is 9,200,000 square km, the length is around 4800 km and the width of the desert is 1800 km.

While talking about the options,
A. The Thar Desert or the Great Indian Desert is located in the state of Rajasthan. It is the seventeenth-largest desert in the world. The length of the desert is 800 km.
C. A large semi-arid sandy savanna, a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem in southern Africa is known as the Kalahari Desert. The length of the desert is around 1600 km.
D. The coastal desert in South Africa, Namib desert has a length of around 2000 km. The meaning of the term Namib is a vast place.

Thus the correct option is B.

Note: In the horse latitude under the subtropical ridge, the desert is located. The light and thermal radiation are unhindered because of the absence of clouds. In this region, the chances of rainfall are very minimal.