G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T GETTING TO KNOW OUR PLANET GETTING TO KNOW OUR PLANET G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T G E T T I N G T O K N O W O U R P L A N E T BY VICKY FRANCHINO SAHARA DESERT C O M M U N I T Y (cid:169) C O N N E C T I O N S GETTING TO KNOW OUR PLANET
ENORMOUS AND DRY Imagine a place where the sun is hot The air is dry There is little else but sand and rocks in every direction This is the Sahara Desert This desert is in North Africa It covers 3 5 million square miles 9 1 million square kilometers That’s huge Most of the United States could fit inside it 4 4 The Sahara Desert stretches across most of Northern Africa
Sahara Desert
Explore the Sahara Desert and learn all about what it's like to live in this biome, from what kinds of plants and animals are found there to what kinds of weather it receives.
