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Sahara: A Natural History is a book written by Marq de Villier in which, he reveals many interesting and amazing facts about Sahara Desert. The author explains in his book how earthworms find enough moisture to survive, how massive dunes can appear almost overnight, and be gone just as quickly and how mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains and much more. Marq de Villiers in his brilliant and evocative biography of the Sahara desert paints a vivid picture of this most extraordinary place. In his book, he explains the course of Atlantic hurricanes, many of which are born in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad, and offers a fascinating disquisition on the physics of windblown sand and the formation of dunes.
In his book, the author describe in detail, the ever-shifting dunes, the sandstorms, and many more amazing facts about this place. He chronicles the formation of the massive aquifers that lie beneath the desert, some filled with water that pre-dates the appearance of modern man on Earth. He marvels at the rough mountains and at ancient cave paintings deep in the desert, which reveal that the Sahara was verdant grassland 10,000 years ago. The author also explains about the Berbers and Arabs of the north, the Nomads, the Moors, the Tuaregs and the Tubu. Sand itself is well covered in this book, the authors providing vivid examples of ruins, buildings, and entire towns lost to migrating dunes. The origins of Saharan sand, the physics of dune formation, the various types of dunes, and how one travels through these areas are all discussed.
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