Which major line of latitude crosses the Sahara Desert?
Answer
Tropic of Cancer
80 The Sahara Desert Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which prehistoric period made parts of the Sahara wetter and more densely inhabited?
Answer
African Humid Period
Which North African mountain range forms much of the Sahara’s northern climatic boundary?
Answer
Atlas Mountains
Which depression in Chad is regarded as one of Earth’s greatest sources of atmospheric dust?
Answer
Bodélé Depression
What is the Sahara Desert’s famous lone tree, destroyed in 1973, commonly called?
Answer
Tree of Ténéré
Which underground water reserve supplies Libya’s Great Man-Made River project?
Answer
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
Which sea lies along the Sahara Desert’s northeastern edge?
Answer
Red Sea
What is the name of the vast Sahara sand sea spanning parts of Egypt and Libya?
Answer
Great Sand Sea
Which ocean borders the Sahara Desert on its western side?
Answer
Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the Sahara’s large eastern region covering much of Egypt and western Libya?
Answer
The Libyan Desert
Which mountain range in southern Algeria is also called the Hoggar Mountains?
Answer
The Ahaggar Mountains
What climate phenomenon made the Sahara greener during the African Humid Period?
Answer
Increased summer insolation
What is the lowest point in the Sahara Desert?
Answer
Qattara Depression
What is the famous archaeological plateau in Algeria known for its prehistoric rock art?
Answer
Tassili n’Ajjer
What is the highest mountain in the Sahara Desert?
Answer
Emi Koussi
Approximately how large is the Sahara Desert, the world’s largest hot desert?
Answer
9.2 million square kilometres