Which Algerian salt lake is the lowest point in Algeria?
Answer
Chott Melrhir
80 The Sahara Desert Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which railway carries iron ore across the Sahara from Zouérat to Nouadhibou in Mauritania?
Answer
Mauritania Railway
Which salt lake in southern Tunisia is a famous part of the Sahara’s northern landscape?
Answer
Chott el Djerid
What type of camel, with one hump, is traditionally associated with Sahara travel?
Answer
The dromedary
Which mountain range contains Emi Koussi, the Sahara’s highest peak?
Answer
The Tibesti Mountains
What is the world’s largest hot desert, covering much of North Africa?
Answer
The Sahara Desert
Which Saharan mountain range contains the volcano Mount Tahat, Algeria’s highest peak?
Answer
Ahaggar Mountains
What is the Sahara Desert’s typical annual rainfall, measured in millimetres?
Answer
Less than 100 millimetres
Which rainforest receives large amounts of mineral dust blown westward from the Sahara?
Answer
Amazon rainforest
Which Saharan dune field is the largest in Algeria?
Answer
Grand Erg Oriental
Which Saharan animal is the only crocodilian known to survive in the Gueltas of Mauritania?
Answer
West African crocodile
Which suspected impact crater is located in the Sahara of northern Chad?
Answer
Aorounga crater
Which atmospheric dust source in the Sahara is famous for sending particles across the Atlantic?
Answer
Bodélé Depression
Which Saharan fox has the largest ears relative to its body?
Answer
Fennec fox