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Some of
Earth's biggest deserts
Rank |
Name |
Type |
Image |
Area
(km²) |
Area
(sq mi) |
Location |
1 |
Antarctica |
Cold Winter |
![Antarctica surface.jpg](/w/images/thumb/e/e8/Antarctica_surface.jpg/100px-Antarctica_surface.jpg) |
14,000,000 14,000,000 |
05,400,000 5,400,000 |
Antarctica |
2 |
Sahara |
Subtropical |
![Sahara satellite hires.jpg](/w/images/thumb/a/a7/Sahara_satellite_hires.jpg/100px-Sahara_satellite_hires.jpg) |
12,000,000 9,000,000+ |
03,300,000 3,300,000+ |
North Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara) |
3 |
Arabian Desert |
Subtropical |
![Arabian Desert.png](/w/images/thumb/8/89/Arabian_Desert.png/100px-Arabian_Desert.png) |
02,330,000 2,330,000[1] |
00,900,000 900,000 |
Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) |
4 |
Gobi Desert |
Cold Winter |
![Gobi.png](/w/images/thumb/4/42/Gobi.png/100px-Gobi.png) |
01,300,000 1,000,000 |
00,500,000 500,000 |
Central Asia (China and Mongolia) |
5 |
Kalahari Desert |
Subtropical |
![Kalahari.png](/w/images/thumb/5/55/Kalahari.png/100px-Kalahari.png) |
00,900,000 900,000[2] |
00,360,000 360,000 |
Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) |
6 |
Great Victoria Desert |
Subtropical |
![IBRA 6.1 Great Victoria Desert.png](/w/images/thumb/2/2e/IBRA_6.1_Great_Victoria_Desert.png/100px-IBRA_6.1_Great_Victoria_Desert.png) |
00,647,000 647,000[3] |
00,250,000 220,000 |
Australia |
7 |
Patagonian Desert |
Cold Winter |
![Patagonian.png](/w/images/thumb/c/cb/Patagonian.png/100px-Patagonian.png) |
00,673,000 620,000 |
00,260,000 200,000 |
South America (Argentina and Chile) |
8 |
Syrian Desert |
Subtropical |
100px |
00,520,000 520,000[3] |
00,200,000 200,000 |
Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria) |
9 |
Great Basin Desert |
Cold Winter |
![Greatbasinmap.png](/w/images/thumb/5/56/Greatbasinmap.png/100px-Greatbasinmap.png) |
00,492,000 492,000[3] |
00,190,000 190,000 |
United States |
10 |
Chihuahuan Desert |
Subtropical |
![Chihuahua desert.jpg](/w/images/thumb/7/7b/Chihuahua_desert.jpg/100px-Chihuahua_desert.jpg) |
00,450,000 450,000[3] |
00,175,000 175,000 |
North America (Mexico and United States) |
11 |
Great Sandy Desert |
Subtropical |
100px |
00,400,000 400,000[3] |
00,150,000 150,000 |
Australia |
12 |
Karakum Desert |
Cold Winter |
![Karakum.png](/w/images/thumb/4/4f/Karakum.png/100px-Karakum.png) |
00,350,000 350,000[3] |
00,135,000 135,000 |
Turkmenistan |
13 |
Colorado Plateau |
Cold Winter |
![Four corners.jpg](/w/images/thumb/e/ed/Four_corners.jpg/100px-Four_corners.jpg) |
00,337,000 337,000[3] |
00,130,000 130,000 |
United States |
14 |
Sonoran Desert |
Subtropical |
![Mojave-sonoran deserts.png](/w/images/thumb/f/f5/Mojave-sonoran_deserts.png/100px-Mojave-sonoran_deserts.png) |
00,310,000 310,000[3] |
00,120,000 120,000 |
North America (Mexico and United States) |
15 |
Kyzyl Kum |
Cold Winter |
![Kyzyl Kum.png](/w/images/thumb/a/af/Kyzyl_Kum.png/100px-Kyzyl_Kum.png) |
00,300,000 300,000[3] |
00,115,000 115,000 |
Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) |
16 |
Taklamakan Desert |
Cold Winter |
![Taklamakan.png](/w/images/thumb/3/33/Taklamakan.png/100px-Taklamakan.png) |
00,270,000 270,000 |
00,105,000 105,000 |
China |
17 |
Thar Desert |
Subtropical |
![Thar Desert satellite.jpg](/w/images/thumb/b/bd/Thar_Desert_satellite.jpg/100px-Thar_Desert_satellite.jpg) |
00,200,000 200,000[4] |
00,077,000 77,000 |
South Asia (India and Pakistan) |
18 |
Gibson Desert |
Subtropical |
![IBRA 6.1 Gibson Desert.png](/w/images/thumb/b/b6/IBRA_6.1_Gibson_Desert.png/100px-IBRA_6.1_Gibson_Desert.png) |
00,155,000 156,000[5] |
00,060,000 60,000 |
Australia |
19 |
Dashti Margo |
Subtropical |
100px |
00,150,000 150,000 |
00,058,000 58,000 |
Afghanistan |
20 |
Registan Desert |
Subtropical |
100px |
00,146,000 146,000 |
00,056,400 56,400 |
Afghanistan |
21 |
Simpson Desert |
Subtropical |
![Simpson-Desert-2007-12-16-NASA.jpg](/w/images/thumb/e/e0/Simpson-Desert-2007-12-16-NASA.jpg/100px-Simpson-Desert-2007-12-16-NASA.jpg) |
00,145,000 145,000[3] |
00,056,000 56,000 |
Australia |
22 |
Atacama Desert |
Cool Coastal |
![Atacama.png](/w/images/thumb/7/7f/Atacama.png/100px-Atacama.png) |
00,140,000 140,000[3] |
00,054,000 54,000 |
South America (Chile and Peru) |
23 |
Mojave Desert |
Subtropical |
![Mojave-sonoran deserts.png](/w/images/thumb/f/f5/Mojave-sonoran_deserts.png/100px-Mojave-sonoran_deserts.png) |
00,124,000 124,000[6][7] |
00,048,000 48,000 |
United States |
24 |
Namib Desert |
Cool Coastal |
![Namib desert MODIS.jpg](/w/images/thumb/b/bc/Namib_desert_MODIS.jpg/100px-Namib_desert_MODIS.jpg) |
00,081,000 81,000[3] |
00,031,000 31,000 |
Southern Africa (Angola and Namibia) |
25 |
Dasht-e Kavir |
Subtropical |
100px |
00,077,000 77,000[8] |
00,030,000 30,000 |
Iran |
26 |
Dasht-e Lut |
Subtropical |
![Dasht-e Lut Iran 2006-02-28 ISS012-E-18779.jpg](/w/images/thumb/4/46/Dasht-e_Lut_Iran_2006-02-28_ISS012-E-18779.jpg/100px-Dasht-e_Lut_Iran_2006-02-28_ISS012-E-18779.jpg) |
00,052,000 52,000[8] |
00,020,000 20,000 |
Iran |
See also
References
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- ↑ Thar Desert - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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