Why specifically does the Northern part of Africa have desert land? I’m assuming it’s on the same geographical level as other countries that have no desert at all?

Question

Why specifically does the Northern part of Africa have desert land? I’m assuming it’s on the same geographical level as other countries that have no desert at all?

In: Physics

Answer 1

I may be wrong here, but winds at that latitude blow east to west. Where they’re carrying moisture from an ocean, the land will be wetter than where they’re far from the ocean. North Africa has a lot of land between it and the nearest ocean to the east, so it is dry.