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			 Think the famed Sahara desert is big? At 3.5 million square miles, it's definitely a monster, but it doesn't even compare to the Antarctic Polar Desert. It covers the continent of Antarctica and has a size of about 5.5 million square miles. Surprised? The definition of a desert is simply a place that receives less than ten inches of precipitation per year—it doesn't have to be hot! |