How big is the Sahara?

How big is the Sahara?How big is the Sahara?

25%, 1200 miles 1931 kilo meters 25%, 1200 miles 1931 kilo meters

What is the name of the tribe that What is the name of the tribe that lives in the Sahara?lives in the Sahara?

Arabs, Berbers, Bedouins, Fulani, Nubians and Arabs, Berbers, Bedouins, Fulani, Nubians and Tuareg. The Taureg cuisine is as austere as its Tuareg. The Taureg cuisine is as austere as its desert surroundings. Milk and its products desert surroundings. Milk and its products from camels and goats are the normal meals. from camels and goats are the normal meals. For special meals couscous is served.For special meals couscous is served.

List and describe a meal that they eat

• They eat a meal called taguella, a thick crepe eaten with a sauce or dried tomatoes and onions, Usually completed with green tea.

List and describe 4 animals that live in the Sahara

Elephants, large gray animals

Lions, strong animals with a hair vane

Giraffes, tall animals with long necks

Snakes, long or short animals with no arms and legs

What is a oasis importantWhat is a oasis important

There water comes from a oasis and also There water comes from a oasis and also from there wells.from there wells.

List and describe 3 List and describe 3 topographical features found in topographical features found in

the Saharathe Sahara Mostly made up of flat planes of rock Mostly made up of flat planes of rock

gravel and sandgravel and sand The Nile river covers 4,000 miles of The Nile river covers 4,000 miles of

the Ethiopian highlands to the the Ethiopian highlands to the Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea

Erage is the sand seasErage is the sand seas

What is the average temperature?What is the average temperature?

109 109

Where and when was the highest Where and when was the highest temperature recorded? What was it?temperature recorded? What was it? El Aziza on September 13El Aziza on September 13thth, 1922 and 136 , 1922 and 136

degrees degrees

How much rainfall does the Sahara How much rainfall does the Sahara receive a year?receive a year?

75% of the Sahara receives less than 4 inches 75% of the Sahara receives less than 4 inches of rainof rain

The Sahara engulfs or touches The Sahara engulfs or touches 11 countries. List them.11 countries. List them.

AlgeriaAlgeria Mauritani Mauritaniaa

ChadChad Morocco Morocco

EgyptEgypt Niger Niger

LibyaLibya Sudan Sudan

MaliMali Tunisia Tunisia

Western Sahara Western Sahara

What is the climate of the What is the climate of the Sahara like?Sahara like?

It is usually always hot but ounce a It is usually always hot but ounce a year ityear it

gets colder but not lower than 80 gets colder but not lower than 80 degrees.degrees.