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This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 square kilometres (19,300 sq mi).

Some of Earth's biggest deserts
Rank Name Type Image Area
(km2)		 Area
(sq mi)		 Location
1 Antarctica Polar Ice and Tundra 14,000,000 14,000,000,000 05,405,000 5,405,000 Antarctica
2 Sahara Subtropical 09,000,000 9,000,000+ 03,300,000 3,300,000+ Northern Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, the Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara)
Western Africa (Mali, Mauritania, and Niger)
Eastern Africa (Eritrea)
Middle Africa (Chad)
3 Australian Desert Subtropical 02,700,000 2,700,000 01,000,000 1,000,000 Australia
4 Arabian Desert Subtropical 02,330,000 2,330,000[1] 00,900,000 900,000 Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen)
5 Gobi Desert Cold Winter 01,300,000 1,295,000 00,500,000 500,000 Eastern Asia (China and Mongolia)
6 Kalahari Desert Subtropical 00,900,000 900,000[2] 00,360,000 360,000 Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa)
7 Patagonian Desert Cold Winter 00,673,000 620,000 00,260,000 200,000 South America (Argentina and Chile)
8 Syrian Desert Subtropical 00,520,000 520,000[3] 00,200,000 200,000 Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria)
9 Great Basin Cold Winter 00,492,000 492,000[3] 00,190,000 190,000 United States
10 Chihuahuan Desert Subtropical 00,450,000 450,000[3] 00,175,000 175,000 Central America (Mexico)
Northern America (United States)
11 Karakum Desert Cold Winter 00,350,000 350,000[3] 00,135,000 135,000 Turkmenistan
12 Colorado Plateau Cold Winter 00,337,000 337,000[3] 00,130,000 130,000 United States
13 Sonoran Desert Subtropical 00,310,000 310,000[3] 00,120,000 120,000 Central America (Mexico)
Northern America (United States)
14 Kyzylkum Desert Cold Winter 00,300,000 300,000[3] 00,115,000 115,000 Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan)
15 Taklamakan Desert Cold Winter 00,270,000 270,000 00,105,000 105,000 China
16 Thar Desert Subtropical 00,200,000 200,000[4] 00,077,000 77,000 Southern Asia (India and Pakistan)
17 Dasht-e Margo Subtropical 00,150,000 150,000 00,058,000 58,000 Afghanistan
18 Registan Desert Subtropical The shifting dunes of the Northern Registan Desert 00,146,000 146,000 00,056,400 56,400 Afghanistan
19 Atacama Desert Mild Coastal 00,140,000 140,000[3] 00,054,000 54,000 South America (Chile and Peru)
20 Mojave Desert Subtropical 00,124,000 124,000[5][6] 00,048,000 48,000 United States
21 Columbia Basin Cold Winter 00,081,000 83,100[3] 00,031,000 32,100 United States
22 Namib Desert Cool Coastal 00,081,000 81,000[3] 00,031,000 31,000 Middle Africa (Angola)
Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa)
23 Dasht-e Kavir Subtropical 00,077,000 77,000[7] 00,030,000 30,000 Iran
24 Dasht-e Lut Subtropical 00,052,000 52,000[7] 00,020,000 20,100 Iran

References

  1. ^ "Arabian Desert". Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  2. ^ Bass, Karen (2009-02-01). "Nature's Great Events:The Okavango Delta, Kalahari Desert" (PDF). press.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Largest Desert in the World". Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. ^ Thar Desert - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  5. ^ "Mapping Perennial Vegetation Cover in the Mojave Desert" (PDF). pubs.usgs.gov. USGS Western Geographic Science Center. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  6. ^ "Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems". mojave.usgs.gov. USGS. 2006-03-03. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  7. ^ a b Wright, John W., ed. (2006). The New York Times Almanac (2007 ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books. p. 456. ISBN 0-14-303820-6.
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