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NDA 2017 GAT · General Knowledge · World Geography · easy

The Sahara, the largest hot desert in the world, is located in which continent?

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The Sahara, the largest hot desert in the world, is located in which continent?
  1. A. Asia
  2. B. Australia
  3. C. Africa
  4. D. South America
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Answer: (C) Africa

The Sahara covers much of northern Africa and spans around nine million square kilometres, making it the largest hot desert. The Arabian and Thar deserts are in Asia, the Great Victoria desert lies in Australia, and the Atacama in South America is among the driest places but is much smaller. The largest desert overall is the cold desert of Antarctica.
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