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Nature’s Superpowers : The Sahara, the World’s Largest Hot Desert
How can plants, animals and people live in a place where it rains so little? In this new episode of Nature's Superpowers, discover the Sahara, a fascinating desert that covers a large part of Africa.
The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert. It covers about 9 million square kilometres across several North African countries. It is home to vast sand dunes, rocky plains, mountains and oases, where water allows life to flourish.
Despite very high daytime temperatures and much cooler nights, many species live there, including dromedaries, fennec foxes and several kinds of reptiles. Desert plants are also specially adapted to survive with very little water.
With Nature’s Superpowers, discover why the Sahara is such a unique place and how nature has developed amazing ways to survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth.
