1 Chapter : 1 Jonathan Swift : Gulliver's Travels Introduction to Jonathan Swift and his age : Jonathan Swift was born of English parents in Dublin in 1667. Unfortunately his father died before his birth and they had to depend on the financial aid they received from relatives.
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.This is the image many people have of the Sahara: a vast sea of sand dunes.The terrain is actually quite varied.alf of the Sahara receives less than an inch of rain per year, and the rest receives up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) per year. The infrequent rain is usually torrential. The highest peak in the Sahara is the volcano Emi Koussi (11,204 feet or 3,415 meters) in the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad.
A desert is a region which receives very little rainfall. So generally there is only sparse vegetation. However more important is other factors like the temperature. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert mainly just looks like lots and lots of sand.Antarctica on the other hand is a cold desert and is mainly covered in snow.So it's quite variable. As a side note the word desert can be used to describe an area of low or zero population, as in 'desert island'.he Sahara is the world's largest hot desert mainly just looks like lots and lots of sand. Antarctica on the other hand is a cold desert and is mainly covered in snow.So it's quite variable. As a side note the word desert can be used to describe an area of low or zero population, as in 'desert island'.