About 600 miles north from the equator.
Distance from the equator and elevation. - The Sahara desert is north of the equator. The southern side of the desert is located about 600 miles north from the equator. The desert also crosses the entire part of northern Africa. - The elevation of the Sahara desert can range from about 600-750m above sea level. It flows through the Sahara in Sudan and Egypt. The desert reaches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east –over 3,500 km. The highest peaks are in the Tibesti mountains. They reach a height of about 3,500 metres. Most deserts lie between 15° and 35° north and south of the equator. They were created by air that rises over the equator and comes down over the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. All over the world many deserts lie in these regions. 1  Land over the equator becomes very hot. It is the largest hot desert in the world, as well as the second l … argest desert on earth after Antarctica. The Sahara covers all or part of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara. The southern part of Sahara Desert is about 10 degrees above the equator and the Gobi Desert is about 40 degrees away from the equator.
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