Tectonic uplift is a geologic uplift of the Earths surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. It’s basically like mountain building because tectonic plates are moving up creating mountains and hills
Surprisingly, there are 196 countries today! hope this helped
The Sahara Desert blankets nearly all of Mauritania, Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya<span>, </span>Egypt<span> and </span>Niger<span>; the southern half of </span>Tunisia<span>; and the northern parts of </span>Mali<span>, Chad and Sudan.</span>