3. Free electives: Free electives are courses in addition to the Core Curriculum and major requirements sufficient to reach a minimum of 120 credit hours for graduation. Students may graduate with more but not less than 120 credit hours.
The four major North American deserts of this type are the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. Others outside the U.S. include the Southern Asian realm, Neotropical (South and Central America), Ethiopian (Africa) and Australian. The seasons are generally warm throughout the year and very hot in the summer.
The Answer: 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.t is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and it spreads all the way down to central Africa, some 1,200 miles south. For a list of the rest of the world's largest desert regions, check out our table of Principal Deserts of the World.