Question

Which of these is the largest desert in the world?

the Grand Canyon in the United States

the Sahara Desert in North Africa

the Great Victoria Desert in Australia

the Gobi Desert in Tibet

Answer 1

Do you have a guess?

Answer 2

the sahara in North Africa

Answer 3

b

Answer 4

The largest (nonpolar) desert in the world is the Sahara, in north Africa, which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5 million square miles. The United States' contiguous 48 states could easily fit in the desert.