Rare Rain in Sahara Desert Causes Phenomenon
Rivers and lagoons have appeared in one of the driest places on Earth, following rare rainfall in the Sahara desert.
In a rare occurrence, heavy rainfall hit the Sahara Desert this month and was captured on satellite imagery showing the unusual weather conditions cast over one the driest regions on the planet.
Indeed, on average the Sahara receives under eight centimetres of rain per year, with over half receiving less than three. Rainfall events are rare, occurring less than once a decade on average ...
The barren land of the Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert in the world, has surprisingly turned green in some areas, NASA ...
7 and 8, drenching parts of Morocco and Algeria, where such downpours are rare. An extratropical cyclone over the Sahara Desert drenched parts of Morocco and Algeria – bringing up to a year’s ...