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∙ 13y agoIt is roughly of equal size to the U.S., about the same size.
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∙ 14y agoThe Sahara is marginally bigger. Only 3 countries in the world are larger than the Sahara - USSR, Canada, China
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∙ 8y agoThe contiguous United States is slightly larger than the Sahara but the Sahara is rapidly growing so may soon exceed the U.S. in size.
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how does the square miles compare in size the USA and the sahara desert
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What large desert in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous US?
The Sahara because it is the biggest desert in the world and the second largest is in the USA, so it is the Sahara.
Who crossed the Sahara Desert?
moses and the hebrews cross the Sahara desert when the Egyptians were chaseing moses and then they cross the Jordan river
Is the Sahara desert larger than the US?
Using 9,000,000 sq. km as the area of the Sahara (from Wikipedia), if the Sahara were a country, it would rank just between Brasil (8,514,877 sq. km) and China (9,598,094 sq. km). The United States is the next larger country at 9,629,091 sq. km. So no country is the "same" size as the Sahara based on these figures.
What was the largest desert in Africa?
Technically, the largest desert is actually the continent of Antarctica. In terms of what most people call the largest desert, that would be the Sahara.The largest desert in the world is not located in Africa, it is in Antarctica. The Sahara is the largest hotdesert in the world and located in Africa.
Is Alpine in the Chihuahuan Desert?
The town of Alpine, Texas, is in the Chihuahuan Desert and is sometimes known as the 'Gateway to the Big Bend' region of that desert.
What large desert in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous states in the US?
The Sahara is nearly as big as the 48 states.
Is the Sahara Desert as big as Texas?
The Sahara is much larger than Texas. It is nearly as large as the entire contiguous United States.
What large desert in Africa is almost as big as the fourtyeight contigous states in the US?
the Sahara desert
What large desert is almost as big as the forty eight contiguous states in the US?
The Sahara Desert
What desert in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous US states?
The Sahara Desert is nearly as big as the continental U.S.
What large desert in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous US?
The Sahara because it is the biggest desert in the world and the second largest is in the USA, so it is the Sahara.
What Dersert In Africa Is Almost As Big As The US?
The Sahara Desert is almost as big as the continuous forty-eight states of the United States.
What large desert is almost as big as the forty-eight contigous states in the US?
The Sahara
What large in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous states in the us?
The Sahara Desert!
What large desert in Africa that's almost as big as the forty eight contiguous US?
The Sahara Desert is nearly as big as the United States.
What state in Africa is almost as big as the US?
There is no 'state' in Africa that is nearly as big as the United States. The Sahara is nearly as big as the contiguous United States but the Sahara is a desert and not a state or country.
Which African desert is almost as big as the forty-eight contiguous states in the US?
The Sahara is nearly as big as the contiguous 48 states.
