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The arid expanse covering north africa is called

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Answer: Sahara Desert

The Sahara (meaning "desert" in arab) is the largest warm desert in the world and the third largest after Antarctica and the Arctic desert.

It covers a wide region of North Africa including the following countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.

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