撒哈拉沙漠英文介绍.docVIP

撒哈拉沙漠约形成于二百五十万年前，是世界第二大荒漠（仅次于南极洲），也是世界最大的沙质荒漠。它位于非洲北部，该地区气候条件非常恶劣，是地球上最不适合生物生存的地方之一。其总面积约容得下整个中国本土。“撒哈拉”是阿拉伯语的音译，在阿拉伯语中“撒哈拉”为大沙漠，源自当地游牧民族图阿雷格人的语言，原意即为“大荒漠”。 The Sahara Desert , which formatted about 2.5 million years ago, is the worlds second largest desert only after Antarctica and the worlds largest sandy desert. It is located in North Africa, the climatic conditions of the region is very bad , and it is the most ill-fitted place for biology to survive in the earth. Its total area is almost as big as the whole of China. Sahara is a transliteration of the Arabic, “Sahara” means big desert