About Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation.
Niger coup: A litmus test for democracy in West Africa
... Mr Ojewale is not sure whether the bloc has the military capability to intervene in Niger - a vast arid country on the edge of the Sahara Desert - especially when many of the countries that make it up, including Nigeria, are facing their own security challenges...
Niger coup: Captive President Bazoum defiant after takeover
... " The capital, Niamey, is currently Deserted, but this is largely because it has been raining heavily all morning...
Gina Lollobrigida: Italian screen star dies at 95
... His lawyers pursued her as far as the Algerian Desert - where she was making a film...
In pictures: Snow falls in Algeria's Sahara Desert
...Snow has fallen in the Sahara Desert in north-western Algeria as temperatures plummeted to below freezing...
Sir Antony Sher: A giant of the stage
... Finally, it put him in charge of an empty hut in the Namibian Desert - and ignored him...
Jessi Combs: US-racing driver gave the female speed record in the year 2019 in fatal crash
... Jessi Combs died in a crash after trying to break the land-speed record in the Alvord Desert, Oregon, on 27...
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... And at a significantly lower altitude, the Chileans can natural evaporation to crystallize the salts, especially due to the intense sun of the Atacama Desert...
The man who owns 1,000 meteorites
... I picked this meteorite up from the Desert where it had been lying for thousands of years [and] formed before any of the planets, he says...
In pictures: Snow falls in Algeria's Sahara Desert
Snow has fallen in the Sahara Desert in north-western Algeria as temperatures plummeted to below freezing.
For children from nearby towns such as Mekalis, it was a welcome relief from the scorching heat of The World 's largest hot Desert .
The ice crystals formed stunning patterns in the Desert Sands .
Dunes - Ideal for sliding - were also partially covered by snow.
The Town of Ain Sefra - known as The Gateway to the Sahara Desert - also saw snow. Temperatures in The Town often reach 35 degrees Celsius In July and August.
Snow is not entirely unknown in the region, which lies between the Desert and the Atlas Mountains .
This month's snow was not entirely surprising - it also happened in 2021, 2018 and 2017.
But The Snow on the red sand Dunes in December 2016 did come as a surprise. Residents of Ain Sefra said that it was the First Time since 1979 they had seen snow, suggesting the phenomenon is now becoming more common.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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