List of deserts by area
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This is a list of deserts in the world ordered by area. It includes all deserts with an area greater than 50 000 km² (19 300 square miles or 12.355 acre).
[edit] Deserts over 50 000 km²
| Rank | Desert’s Name | Type of desert | Image | Area (km²) |
Area (sq mi) |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antarctic Desert | Polar |  |
13,829,430[1] | 5,339,573 | Antarctica |
| 2 | Arctic | Polar |  |
13,700,000+[dubious ][2][dubious ] | 5,300,000+[2] | Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Russia |
| 3 | Sahara | Subtropical |  |
9 100,000+[3] | 3,320,000+ | Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia |
| 4 | Arabian Desert | Subtropical |  |
2,330,000[4] | 900,000 | Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen |
| 5 | Gobi Desert | Cold Winter |  |
1,300,000[3] | 500,000 | Mongolia and China |
| 6 | Kalahari Desert | Subtropical |  |
900,000[citation needed] | 360,000 | Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa |
| 7 | Patagonian Desert | Cold Winter |  |
670,000[3] | 260,000 | Argentina and Chile |
| 8 | Great Victoria Desert | Subtropical |  |
647,000[2] | 250,000 | Australia |
| 9 | Syrian Desert | Subtropical |  |
520,000[2] | 200,000 | Syria, Jordan and Iraq |
| 10 | Great Basin Desert | Cold Winter |  |
492,000[2] | 190,000 | United States |
| 11 | Chihuahuan Desert | Subtropical |  |
450,000[2] | 175,000 | Mexico and United States |
| 12 | Great Sandy Desert | Subtropical |  |
400,000[2] | 150,000 | Australia |
| 13 | Karakum Desert | Cold Winter |  |
350,000[2] | 135,000 | Turkmenistan |
| 14 | Colorado Plateau | Cold Winter |  |
337,000[2] | 130,000 | United States |
| 15 | Sonoran Desert | Subtropical |  |
310,000[2] | 120,000 | Mexico and United States |
| 16 | Kyzyl Kum | Cold Winter |  |
300,000[2] | 115,000 | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan |
| 17 | Taklamakan Desert | Cold Winter |  |
270,000[3] | 105,000 | People's Republic of China |
| 18 | Thar Desert | Subtropical |  |
200,000[5] | 77,000 | India and Pakistan |
| 19 | Gibson Desert | Subtropical |  |
155,000[citation needed] | 60,000 | Australia |
| 20 | Simpson Desert | Subtropical |  |
145,000[2] | 56,000 | Australia |
| 21 | Atacama Desert | Cool Coastal |  |
140,000[2] | 54,000 | Chile and Peru |
| 22 | Namib Desert | Cool Coastal |  |
81,000[2] | 31,000 | Namibia and Angola |
| 23 | Dasht-e Kavir | Cold Winter |  |
77,000[6] | 30,000 | Iran |
| 24 | Mojave Desert | Subtropical |  |
65,000[citation needed] | 25,000 | United States |
| 25 | Dasht-e Lut | Cold Winter |  |
52,000[6] | 20,000 | Iran |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Ward, Paul (2001). Antarctica Fact File/
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Largest Desert in the World". http://geology.com/records/largest-desert.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ a b c d "Planet Earth - Basic Facts and Extremes". http://www.1world2travel.com/print.php?articleID=2830. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ "Arabian Desert". http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110527/Arabian-Desert. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- ^ Thar Desert - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- ^ a b Wright, John W. (ed.); Editors and reporters of The New York Times (2006). The New York Times Almanac (2007 ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books. p. 456. ISBN 0-14-303820-6.
