List of deserts
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This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.
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Afro-Eurasia [edit]
Africa [edit]
- Tatti Desert – part of the Sahara located in Algeria
- Blue Desert – a desert in Egypt
- Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
- Karoo – a semi-desert region in South Africa
- Libyan Desert – part of the Sahara located in Libya
- Namib Desert – a desert in present day Namibia
- Nubian Desert – a desert in present day Sudan
- Owami Desert – a desert in Nigeria
- Sahara Desert – the world's largest hot desert covering most of Northern Africa,
Eurasia [edit]
Asia [edit]
- Arabian Desert - a desert in the Arabian Peninsula
- Cholistan – a desert in Pakistan
- Dasht-i-Margo SW afganistani
- Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China
- Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan
- Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert
- Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan
- Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Lop Desert – a desert in China
- Ordos – a desert in northern China
- Rub' al Khali – a desert located in Saudi Arabia
- Taklamakan – a desert located in China
- Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan
- Thar Desert – a desert in Pakistan and India
- Arabian Desert – a vast desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising the Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desert and other deserts
- Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran
- Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
- Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank
- Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
- Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
- Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a sandy desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter
- Sinai Peninsula – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
- Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman
Europe [edit]
- Accona Desert – a semi-desert in central Italy
- Bardenas Reales – a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km²)
- Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²)
- Deliblatska Peščara – a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²)
- Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but effectively one because precipitation penetrates the volcanic soil so quickly that the land is infertile
- Monegros Desert – a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain
- Oleshky Sands – a desert located in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)
- Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80,000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia[1]
- Stranja Sahara - a desert in southeastern Bulgaria near the city of Burgas. It is about 80,000 hectares, sometimes estimated to about 850 km². It is near the borders of Turkey and northwestern Greece[2]
- Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)
Americas [edit]
North America [edit]
Main article: List of North American deserts
- Black Rock Desert
- Central Valley of California (which is divided into the Sacramento Valley in the north, and the San Joaquin Valley in the south) – this area has largely been transformed, due to irrigation canals, to an agricultural area. It is technically a semi-arid climate
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Colorado Desert
- Mojave Desert
- Pumice Desert, the remains of an ash flow from the big eruption of Mount Mazama[3]
- Sonoran Desert
South America [edit]
- Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth
- La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia and Venezuela
- Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert
- Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina and Chile
- Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru
Oceania [edit]
Australia [edit]
See also: Deserts of Australia
- Central Desert – a central Australian desert
- Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
- Great Victoria Desert – the biggest desert in Australia
- Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
- Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
- Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert
Zealandia [edit]
- Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
Polar regions [edit]
- Antarctica Desert – the largest desert in the world[4]
- Arctic Desert – the second largest desert in the world
- Greenland – a large tundra which is also the world's largest island
- North American Arctic – a large tundra in North America
- Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia
References [edit]
- ^ Oltenian Sahara
- ^ Deserts of the five continents
- ^ Pumice Desert
- ^ "Largest desert in the world". Retrieved 2012-02-02.
