Desert
Sahara
The largest of the 34 deserts measured in this atlas.
surface area 9,200,000 km² · 1st/34
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 9,200,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 4,800 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 1,800 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Highest point
- Emi Koussi
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Countries
- 9 countries
- Share of the Natural Earth outline that lies within each country. Natural Earth outlines of mountain ranges and regions are label areas, not exact limits; provinces are therefore not listed.
- Wikidata
- Q6583
Among the world's deserts
Each line is every one of the deserts in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area9,200,000 km²1st of 34 · median 192,500 km²
- Length4,800 km1st of 13 · median 1,000 km
- Width1,800 km1st of 12 · median 260 km