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Located in the new city of Marrakech, a few minutes drive from the old city and from all the...
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Sahara Desert
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The Sahara is the world's second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa.
The surface of the desert ranges from large areas of sand dunes to stone plateaus (hamadas), gravel plains (reg), dry valleys (wadis), and salt flats. The northern and southern margins also receive more rainfall and have greater vegetation than central Sahara.
Variations in temperatures may also be huge, from over 50°C during the day, to freezing temperatures at night in winter. Daily variations are also very important.
The Sahara was one of the first regions of Africa to be farmed. Some 5000 years ago, the area was not so arid and the vegetation might have been closer to a savanna.
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