UMary Allen
I-Sahara iwugwadule oluwugwadule olukhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. I-European Union ingalingana kabili kumakhilomitha-skwele ayizigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye. Ithatha cishe yonke inyakatho ye-Afrika. I-Antarctica kuphela enkulu, kodwa iwugwadule olubandayo, olumanzi lweqhwa neqhwa.
Ulwandle lwaluvame ukugeza phezu kwendawo izikhathi eziningana. Eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa edlule kwakumanzi kakhulu lapho. Izilwane ezinkulu njengezindlulamithi kanye nezingwenya zazihlala lapho.
Nokho, namuhla iSahara iwugwadule futhi amanzi ayivelakancane. Ungayithola kuphela emhlabathini futhi uyikhuphule nemithombo. Ngezinye izikhathi kunezindawo ezivundile ezizungeze imithombo enjalo. Kukhona amawadi, okuyimifula enamanzi ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka kuphela. Imifula iNayile neNiger kuphela ethwala amanzi njalo.
Nokho, cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwesihlanu kuphela yeSahara enezindawo ezinesihlabathi. Iningi lezindawo limbozwe ngamatshe namatshe. Intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke i-Emi Koussi esifundazweni sase-Chad, ngamamitha angu-3415. Kuyashisa eSahara, ngokwesilinganiso esingu-40 degrees Celsius, kwesinye isikhathi ngisho no-47.
Balinganiselwa ezigidini ezine kuphela abantu abahlala endaweni enkulukazi. Idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke libizwa ngokuthi iNuakschott futhi inhloko-dolobha yaseMauritania. Leli zwe futhi yilapho iningi labantu baseSahara lihlala khona.
Inyakatho yeSahara ilandela ugu loLwandle iMedithera, entshonalanga ye-Atlantic. Ihlathi lemvula liseningizimu yeSahara. Kodwa phakathi kogwadule nehlathi lemvula, kukhona enye indawo, i-savannah. Iyafana nogwadule kodwa inamanzi amaningi, izitshalo nezilwane.