Where is Sahara desert situated?

The correct answer is Africa.

Key Points

• The Sahara Desert is located in Africa.
• It is the largest hot desert in the world.

Additional Information 

• All of northern Africa is filled with this dessert.
• The total area of the Desert is somewhere about 3,320,000 square miles.
• The Desert expands and contracts, so the area of the Desert varies.
• In the west, the Desert is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
• The Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea border the Desert in the north.
• The Red Sea bounds the Mountain in the East.
• Atop the African shield, the Sahara sits.
• Denuded pre-Cambrian rocks make the African shield.
• Mesozoic deposits cover the Sahara Desert.