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The Sahara (the world's largest and hottest desert, with temperatures reaching 57.6Â°C (136Â°F) and the Atacama (the world's driest desert) on the coast of Chile and the Kalahari in Africa were formed in this way.The Gobi Desert is a cold winter desert and daytime temperatures can drop to -30Â°C (22Â°F).he Sahara (the world's largest and hottest desert, with temperatures reaching 57.6Â°C (136Â°F) and the Atacama (the world's driest desert) on the coast of Chile and the Kalahari in Africa were formed in this way.
Sahara Desert map Interesting Sahara Desert Facts. A little known interesting fact is that the Sahara Desert is often cited as the largest desert in the world, the Sahara is actually the third largest. By definition, a desert is an area which receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year. Both Antarctica and the Arctic therefore qualify as deserts, and are larger than the Sahara. The Sahara is, however, the largest hot desert.