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The Sahara Desert is spread across 10 countries in Africa. This is the largest desert in the world.
There has been flooding in the Sahara Desert of Africa after continuous rain for the last 2 days. According to the Moroccan Meteorological Center, it has been raining continuously for 2 days in Morocco. This has broken the record of average rainfall throughout the year in the country. A village 450 km away from Morocco's capital Rabat received about 4 inches of rain in 24 hours.
Meteorologists said that for the first time in the last 50 years, the Sahara Desert has received so much rainfall in such a short period of time. In NASA satellite images, water was seen filling the lake named Iriki, which was dry for the last 50 years.
Pictures of water filling the sand in the Sahara desert are going viral on social media. Earlier, there was rain in the Sahara Desert in 1974 after 6 years of drought which later turned into floods.
It has been raining continuously in Morocco for 2 days, causing floods in the Sahara Desert.
Rain can change the weather of the desert Scientists have said that such rain will cause changes in the weather and temperature in the area for the coming few months or years. Due to rain, moisture in the air will increase which will increase evaporation. Due to this, more storms may occur there.
Last month, 18 people died due to floods in Morocco. Earlier in the year 2022, there was snowfall in Algeria, which is called the gateway to the Sahara desert. This is the fifth time in the last 42 years that snowfall was recorded here. After this the minimum temperature of this area had fallen to -2 degrees.
Pictures of floods in Sahara Desert…
A tourist was seen celebrating after seeing the filled water in the Sahara desert.
Due to rain in South East Mexico, a lake was formed in the middle of the desert. During this time tourists came to see it.
Palm trees were seen floating in the water in a lake in Morocco.
The Sahara Desert is spread over an area of 92 lakh square kilometers, which is more than twice the area of India.
An oasis in the Sahara desert has expanded in area due to flooding.
Sahara desert will become green in the next 1500 years Scientists estimate that the Sahara desert will become green in the next 1500 years. This will happen because during this time the Earth will tilt its axis by 22 to 24.5 degrees. The name Sahara is derived from the Arabic word 'Sahra', which means desert.
The Sahara Desert is spread over an area of 92 lakh square kilometers, which is more than twice the area of India. It is the world's largest desert which is spread across 10 countries in North, Central and West Africa. This includes countries like Mali-Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Egypt.
