List of deserts by area
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This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km2 (19,300 sq mi).

Some of Earth's biggest non-polar deserts
Notes[edit]
- ^ As per the United Nations geoscheme.
- ^ A part of the Great Australian Desert.
See also[edit]
- Desert
- Desertification
- List of deserts by continent
- Polar desert
- Tundra
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Top ten largest (non-polar) deserts". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Arabian Desert". Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Largest Desert in the World". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Thar Desert | Map, Climate, Vegetation, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ "Mapping Perennial Vegetation Cover in the Mojave Desert" (PDF). pubs.usgs.gov. USGS Western Geographic Science Center. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Cold Desert – Ladakh