Question

The consent which holds the world's largest desert:

• A. South America
• B. Africa
• C. Australia
• D. Asia

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Africa

The continent that holds the world's largest desert is Africa. The desert is the Sahara Desert, which is the largest hot desert in the world.

The Sahara Desert covers much of North Africa, stretching across multiple countries, including Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia. It spans approximately 9 million square kilometers (about 3.6 million square miles), making it the largest desert in terms of area.

While Antarctica is technically the largest desert by area (due to its extreme cold and lack of precipitation), the Sahara is the largest hot desert.