The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى‎, aṣ-ṣaḥrāʾ al-kubrā , 'the Greatest Desert') is the largest hot desert in the world. It is the third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Its surface area of 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi)[citation needed]—including the Libyan Desert—is comparable to the respective land areas of China or the United States. The desert comprises much of the land found within North Africa, excluding the fertile coastal region situated against the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb, and the Nile Valley of Egypt and Sudan. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea in the east and the Mediterranean in the north, to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, where the landscape gradually transitions to a coastal plain. To the south, it is delimited by the Sahel, a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna around the Niger River valley and Sudan Region of Sub-Saharan Africa. The Sahara can be divided into several regions, including the western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains, the Ténéré desert, and the Libyan Desert. Its name is derived from the plural Arabic language word for desert (صحارى ṣaḥārā  [ˈsˤɑħɑːrɑː]). QUESTIONS:

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1. What does this passage talk about?
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Q2:
1. Is the word Sahara from a Gaelic origin?
2. Is the origin of the word Sahara Gaelic?
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Q3:
1. What is the Sahara known for?
2. What is the Sahara described as?
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Q4:
1. How many areas compose the Sahara desert?
2. How many areas can the Sahara be divided into?
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Q5:
1. Does  the Sahara have any fertile ground?
2. Is there any fertile ground in the Sahara?
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Q6:
1. Is the Sahara’s surface equal to 10 000 000 sq Km?
2. Is the Sahara as big as 10 000 000 sq Km?
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Q7:
1. What is the size of the Sahara desert?
2. How big is the Sahara desert?
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1. What is the Sahara desert’s rank regarding other deserts on the planet?
2. How is the Sahara desert classified compared ti other deserts?
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1. What are the two deserts that stand in top positions before the Sahara desert?
2. What are the two biggest deserts on Earth?
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1. Are the Arctic and Antarctic considered hot deserts?
2. Are the Arctic and Antarctic said to be hot deserts?
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1. What can the Sahara land mass be compared to?
2. What can we compare the Sahara’s land mass to?
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1. How far East does the Sahara stretch?
2. To where does the Sahara stretch eastward?
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Q13:
1. What other borders does the Sahara have?
2. Does the Sahara have other borders?
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