List of deserts
Appearance
This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.
Regions
Africa
- Sahara – the world's largest hot desert
- Kalahari – Southern Africa
- Namib – Southern Africa
- Libyan Desert - part of the Sahara located in Libya
- Sinai Desert - a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
- Arabian Desert - a desert stretching from Eastern Egypt to Iran
- Great Sand Sea - a dried up sea in Libya and Egypt
- White Desert - a desert in Egypt
- Black Desert- a desert in Egypt
- Nubian Desert - a desert in the present day Sudan
- Tenere - A Desert located in Chad and Niger
Antarktis
- Antarctica - largest tundra
Arctic Basin
- Arctic Desert - large tundra
Asia
- Gobi – a desert in Mongolia
- Taklamakan – a desert located in China
- Ordos – a desert in northern China
- Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert
- Kyzyl Kum – a desert located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Thar- Cholistan – a desert in India and Pakistan
- Dasht-e Lut - a large salt desert in southeastern Iran.
- Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in center of Iran
- Lop Desert - a desert in China
- Thar Desert - a desert in India
Australien
- Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
- Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
- Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert
Neuseeland
- Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
Europa
- Bardenas Reales - a semi-desert in Navarra, 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)
- Hálendi – a highland region of Iceland wich is also the largest desert in europe.
- Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80.000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia
- Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)
- Accona - a Semi-Desert in Southern Italy
- Piscinas - a desert located in South-West Sardinia, Italy; is one of the biggest in Europe (5 km²)
- Oleshky Sands - a desert located in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)
Middle East
- 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 in the West Bank
- Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
- Desert of Sin / Zin Desert (Bible usage) – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula
- Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
- Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman.
North America
- Great Basin Desert – the largest desert in North America, located in the western United States
- Death Valley - a desert located in California
- Mojave Desert – a desert located primarily in southeastern California
- Chihuahuan Desert – the second largest desert in North America, in the United States and Mexico
- Sonoran Desert – a desert located in the United States and Mexico
- Black Rock Desert - a dry lakebed in Western Nevada
- Carcross "Desert" - a small Semi-Desert in Yukon, Canada
South America
- La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia
- Patagonian Desert – the largest desert by area in the Americas, located in Argentina and Chile
- Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth
- Sechura Desert – a desert located along a portion of the northwestern coast in Peru, South America
- Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian
- Peruvian Desert- in Peru and Chile
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