The Shakers (the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing) are a religious sect that began as an off-shoot of Protestantism in England in the mid-1700s. Escaping persecution, the Shaker's founder, Mother Ann Lee, and eight followers immigrated to the United States in 1774 and settled in Watervliet, New York, north of Albany.
1. Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert; it stretches over 3,500,000 square miles in Northern Africa.The Great Victoria Desert stretches across 163,900 square miles in both South Australia and Western Australia.Summers in the Arabian desert are quite intense; temperatures can reach as high as 129 Â°F.alahari Desert. 1. Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert; it stretches over 3,500,000 square miles in Northern Africa. The Great Victoria Desert stretches across 163,900 square miles in both South Australia and Western Australia.
The Sahara: Facts, Climate and Animals of the Desert. The Sahara is the worldâs largest hot desert and one of the harshest environments on the planet. It is third largest desert overall after Antarctica and the Arctic, which are cold deserts. At 3.6 million square miles (9.4 million square kilometers), the Sahara, which is Arabic for The Great Desert, engulfs most of North Africa. The desert covers large sections of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.