The Sahara Desert covers an area of 3,500,000 square miles.
Encompass, by the way, has the same meaning as fill.
The Sahara Desert is approximately 3,500,000 square miles in size, making it the largest hot desert in the world.
The Sahara covers an area of about 3,600,000 square miles.
The Sahara Desert at 3,600,000 square miles
The Sahara Desert covers approximately 294,900 square miles of Chad.
The Sahara covers 9,000,000+ square kms. or 3,300,000+ square miles.
1,470,000
Yes, the Sahara is much larger than California. Sahara: 9,400,000+ square km or 3,320,000+ square miles California: 423,970 square km or 163,696 square miles The Sahara desert is the size of the whole of the USA and produces sandstorms the size of the UK!
3,500,000 sq. miles
The Sahara is about 3,320,000 square miles and growing.
The Antarctic Desert in Antarctica is the world's largest desert, covering 5,339,573 square miles. The most commonly known desert, the Sahara, covers 3,320,000+ square miles.
Antarctica - 14,000,000 square kilometers or 5,400,000 square miles. Sahara - 9,400,000+Square kilometers or 3,320,000+square miles.
The Sahara is about 3.5 million square miles but it is far from being the largest desert. That honor goes to the Antarctic Desert.