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title: "Year 5 Geography - Using Digital Maps to Locate the Deserts of the World"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-03-06-year-5-geography-using-digital-maps-to-locate-the-deserts-of-the-world"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 5 Geography - Using Digital Maps to Locate the Deserts of the World

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/b790adbe-8490-420c-96df-a136f8cdd91c.jpg)   6 March 2025

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In Geography, Year 5 used digital maps including Google Earth and Google Maps, atlases and printed maps of the world to locate the largest desert on each continent.

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