Sahara
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Summary
Sahara is a desert[1]. Sahara ranks in the top 0.72% of desert entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,420 views/month, #1 of 139).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Algeria[3], Chad[4], Egypt[5], Morocco[6], Libya[7], Mali[8], Sudan[9], Tunisia[10], Mauritania[11]
- Country: Algeria[12], Chad[13], Egypt[14], Morocco[15], Tunisia[16], Mauritania[17], Niger[18], Mali[19], Sudan[20]
- Continent: Africa[21]
- Commons category: Sahara[22]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[23]
- Highest point: Emi Koussi[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sahara[25]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[28], Norsk Haandlexikon[29]
- Topic has template: Q18604125[30]
- Ecoregion (WWF): Atlantic coastal desert[31], North Saharan steppe and woodlands[32], Sahara Desert[33], South Saharan steppe and woodlands[34], West Saharan montane xeric woodlands[35], Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands[36], Tanezrouft[37]
- Lowest point: Qattara Depression[38]
- Native label: الصحراء الكُبرى[39]
- Different from: Sahara[40]
- Length: 4800 km[41]
- Area: 9,200,000 km²[42]
- Width: 1800 km[43]
- Köppen climate classification: hot desert climate[44]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[45], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Sahara include Sahara[47], a film[48], directed by Andrew V. McLaglen[49]; Saharan air layer[50]; Saharan Metacraton[51], a geographical feature[52]; Sahara Beach[53], a beach[54], in Croatia[55]; and Serianus sahariensis[56], a taxon[57].
Why It Matters
Sahara has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Sahara is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for Sahara include Sahara[47], a film[48], directed by Andrew V. McLaglen[49]; Saharan air layer[50]; Saharan Metacraton[51], a geographical feature[52]; Sahara Beach[53], a beach[54], in Croatia[55]; and Serianus sahariensis[56], a taxon[57].