List of deserts

This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.

Africa

• Algerian 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
• White Desert – a desert in Egypt

Asia

• Akshi Desert – a desert in India
• Badain Jaran – a desert located in China
• Cholistan – a desert in Pakistan
• 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
• La Paz Sand Dunes – a desert in the northern Philippines
• 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
• Judean 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 Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
• Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman

Australia

Main article: 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

Europe

• Accona Desert – a semi-desert in central Italy
• Aleshkovskie peski – a sandy desert in Ukraine
• 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 it is unavailable to plants
• 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
• Piscinas – a desert located in southwest Sardinia, Italy (5 km²)
• Ryn Desert – a desert in western Kazakhstan and southeastern Russia, north of the Caspian Sea and southeast of the Volga Upland. It is the largest sandy desert in Europe
• 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
• Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)

North America

Main article: List of North American deserts

• 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
• Sonoran Desert

South America

• 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

Polar Regions

• Antarctica Desert – the largest desert in the world
• Arctic Desert – the second largest desert in the world
• North American Arctic – a large tundra in North America
• Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia

Zealandia

• Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand

See also

• List of deserts by area