Central Sahara

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desert region geographical region

The Central Sahara is a vast, arid desert region in north-central Africa characterized by extreme climatic conditions, sparse population, and a long history of trans-Saharan trade and nomadic cultures.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
central Sahara 3
Greater Sahara ecoregion 1
Libyan Desert 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
biodiversity adapted desert fauna ⓘ
adapted desert flora ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
hyper-arid ⓘ
contains Aïr Mountains ⓘ
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti ⓘ
surface form: Ennedi Plateau

Fezzan ⓘ
surface form: Fezzan region

Libyan Desert ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Libyan Desert ⓘ
surface form: Ténéré Desert

oases ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalSignificance crossroads of trans-Saharan cultures ⓘ
heritage of nomadic lifestyles ⓘ
economicActivity hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ
mineral extraction ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
pastoral nomadism ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extreme temperature variations ⓘ
gravel plains ⓘ
mountain massifs ⓘ
rocky plateaus ⓘ
sand seas ⓘ
sparse population ⓘ
very low annual rainfall ⓘ
hasEcosystem desert ecosystem ⓘ
hasRisk drought ⓘ
sandstorms ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
historicalActivity caravan trade ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
inhabitedBy Arab Bedouin groups ⓘ
Toubou people ⓘ
Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg people
knownFor nomadic cultures ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
locatedIn north-central Africa ⓘ
partOf Sahara Desert ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sahara Desert → contains → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ténéré Desert
Sahara Desert → contains → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan Desert
Teda → culturalArea → Central Sahara ⓘ
Toubou → culturalArea → Central Sahara ⓘ
Tebu → historicalRegion → Central Sahara ⓘ
Imajaghan → inhabits → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Sahara
Kel Adagh → locatedIn → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Sahara
Kel Ajjer → locatedIn → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Sahara
Cyrene → locatedOn → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libyan plateau
Nubian Desert → partOf → Central Sahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Sahara ecoregion