The Sahara stretches across northern Africa from the coast of the Red Sea in the east all the way to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Why does the author MOST LIKELY use the word stretches in this sentence?

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The Sahara stretches across northern Africa from the coast of the Red Sea in the east all the way to the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

Why does the author MOST LIKELY use the word stretches in this sentence?

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to emphasize the vast size of the desert

to reveal that the desert is increasing in size

to show that the desert is in the northern part of Africa