Western Sahara contains four terrestrial ecoregions: Saharan halophytics, Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets, Atlantic coastal desert, and North Saharan steppe and woodlands.

Feb 21, 2025 · Western Sahara, territory occupying an extensive desert Atlantic-coastal area of northwest Africa. It became a protectorate of Spain in the 19th century and was later claimed by Morocco, Mauritania, and local inhabitants.

The Western Sahara conflict is an ongoing conflict between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic/Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco. The conflict originated from an insurgency by the Polisario Front against Spanish colonial forces from 1973 to 1975 and the subsequent Western Sahara War against Morocco between 1975 and 1991.

In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan. It is named in contrast to the Eastern Desert which extends east from the Nile to the Red Sea.

Oct 28, 2024 · Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975.

Dec 26, 2023 · The Western Sahara borders the nations of Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania. The entire nation is blanketed by the vast Sahara Desert and is considered to be one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. Aside from the rainfall that drifts in from the Atlantic Coast, Western Sahara receives little to no precipitation all year round.

3 days ago · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).

Aug 3, 2023 · In November 2021, an alleged Moroccan drone strike in Polisario-controlled Western Sahara resulted in the deaths of three Algerian truck drivers en route to Mauritania. The incident prompted the Algerian presidency to publicly pin the blame on Rabat and vow retaliation.

Western Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; Amazigh: Tanẓṛuft Tutrimt; Spanish: Sahara Occidental) is a territory in north Africa. To the north is Morocco, to the east is Algeria, to the south is Mauritania, and to the west is the Atlantic Ocean. Its surface is 266,000 square kilometres (103,000 sq mi).

Dec 18, 2024 · Sovereignty over Western Sahara, a mostly desert territory on the west coast of Africa, is heavily contested. Morocco controls more than three-quarters of the region, which Rabat refers to as...