The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2.5 million years old. The boundaries of the Sahara are the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and Egypt on the east, and the Sudan and the valley of the River Niger on the south. Sahara is divided into western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti massif, the Air Mountains (a region of desert mountains and high plateaus), Tenere desert and the Libyan desert (the most arid region).

Join our One World Journeys team and photographer Jack Dykinga, writer Chuck Bowden and desert expert Bill Broyles on a four-wheel drive journey along El Camino Del Diablo through the August searing heat of the Sonoran Desert. During the journeyCoyote you'll discover that biological riches and sudden beauty are to be found in one of the harshest desert environments in North America. Along the way you'll learn of efforts to preserve the heart of this mysterious and silent land through the creation of the Sonoran Desert National Park.

Website describing scientific activities at the Amargosa Desert Research Site. Research at the site is a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort that involves scientists from research institutes, universities, National laboratories, and the USGS.

The DRFN works collaboratively in all sectors involved in management and use of natural resources, concentrating on the agriculture, energy and water sectors, with government, commercial, non-governmental and community-based organisations. The DRFN empowers decision-makers at all levels through, capacity building, facilitation, knowledge generation and sharing in order to promote sustainable development.

Home page of the Arid Lands Newsletter, a twice-yearly publication of the Office of Arid Lands Studies, the University of Arizona. The purpose of the Arid Lands Newsletter is to explore events and issues of interest to arid lands researchers, resource managers, and policy makers around the globe.

The Center for Biological Diversity is deeply committed to protecting desert wilderness in North America. We focus our desert programs on the protection of endangered species and imperiled watersheds, as well as high-value ecological areas urgently threatened by urban sprawl.

This personal home page of Tom Schweich describes the Blackbrush scrub (Coleogyne ramosissima) vegetation near Lobo Point, Wild Horse Mesa and Hole-in-the-Wall, Mojave National Park, San Bernardino County, California USA. It also contains a resume of his business accomplishments and describes his work in help desk customer satisfaction.

Luxury travel and Vacation Information. The Gobi Desert is in the heart of Mongolia and is the destination of many who really want to experience Mongolia. You can book a tour that takes you to the Gobi Gurvansaikan National park, but even with the expert guides you have to watch where you are going or you can get lost. You drive through the desert during the day and spend the night at ger camps where you can enjoy the traditional food of the country.

On Oxfam's Cool Planet web site, On the Line was an educational millennium project involving cultural exchange between United Kingdom and other meridian line countries. A partnership between Oxfam GB, WWF-UK and Channel 4. Deserts home page.

Images and descriptions of flora and fauna in the Sonoran Desert. Check out the Desert Wildflower Reports and Nature News featuring current natural events in the Sonoran Desert. In addition to our desert wilderness, The Sonoran Desert Naturalist provides loads of natural history information that can be seen in urban back yards and the city environment. In short, visitors to these pages experience the sights, sounds, smells (in words!), and textures of the Sonoran Desert.