DESERT LADS OF AFRICA

NAME	INFORMATION
Sahara desert	Lies between 15˚ N latitudes.          The largest single stretch of desert, which is 5150 km from east to west and at least 1610 km in area.         Erg: sandy desert of Sahara (9.1 sq. km) is undulating plain of sand, produced by wind deposition.          Hamada: rocky desert of Sahara is bare rock surface formed by deflation.          Cities located in the desert fringe are Snider (Niger), Timbuktu (Mali), Kano (Nigeria), and Kumasi (Ghana).
Libya desert	Vast arid land of north –east of Africa in Libya.          Serir: stony desert of Libya is covered with boulders, angular pebbles and gravels which have been produced by high diurnal temperature range.
Arabian desert	Arid region of North – east Egypt.
Nubian desert	It is an extension of Sahara which occupies a third of the Sudan’s territory in the north.
Namib desert	A narrow, dune –covered desert belt, runs 1600 km along the entire Atlantic Sea board of Namibia.
Kalahari desert	Semi desert region of Botswana lies to       the east of Namibdesert.                  Home of one of the Africa’s oldest races,      the Kalahari Bushmen.