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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which dry, dusty northeasterly wind blows from the Sahara across West Africa?

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Harmattan

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which North African country contains the largest share of the Sahara Desert by area?

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Algeria

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which large Saharan oasis in Libya is famous for the lakes of the Ubari Sand Sea?

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Ubari

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which Algerian UNESCO site is famous for its historic fortified settlements and distinctive architecture in the Sahara?

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M’Zab Valley

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

What traditional underground irrigation channel system is used in the Sahara’s oases?

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Foggara

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which Saharan dune field is the largest in Algeria?

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Grand Erg Oriental

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which Saharan oasis was the birthplace of the medieval Islamic scholar Ahmad al-Tijani?

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Aïn Madhi

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• The Sahara Desert

Which Sahara mineral is the principal ingredient of traditional desert glass found in Egypt’s Great Sand Sea?

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Silica

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which ancient Saharan language was written in the Libyco-Berber alphabet?

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Numidian

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Sahara Desert

Which Saharan animal is the only crocodilian known to survive in the Gueltas of Mauritania?

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West African crocodile

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Which Saharan country contains the ancient Roman outpost of Timgad?

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Algeria

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which country contains the Sahara’s Ounianga Lakes, a UNESCO-listed chain of desert lakes?

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Chad

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