List of deserts by area

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This is a list of deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts with an area greater than Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)..

Some of Earth's biggest deserts
Rank Name Type Image Area
(km²)		 Area
(sq mi)		 Location
1 Antarctica Cold Winter Antarctica surface.jpg 14,000,000 14,000,000 05,400,000 5,400,000 Antarctica
2 Sahara Subtropical 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 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 01,300,000 1,000,000 00,500,000 500,000 Central Asia (China and Mongolia)
5 Kalahari Desert Subtropical 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 00,647,000 647,000[3] 00,250,000 220,000 Australia
7 Patagonian Desert Cold Winter 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 00,492,000 492,000[3] 00,190,000 190,000 United States
10 Chihuahuan Desert Subtropical 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 00,350,000 350,000[3] 00,135,000 135,000 Turkmenistan
13 Colorado Plateau Cold Winter Four corners.jpg 00,337,000 337,000[3] 00,130,000 130,000 United States
14 Sonoran Desert Subtropical 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 00,300,000 300,000[3] 00,115,000 115,000 Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)
16 Taklamakan Desert Cold Winter Taklamakan.png 00,270,000 270,000 00,105,000 105,000 China
17 Thar Desert Subtropical 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 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 00,145,000 145,000[3] 00,056,000 56,000 Australia
22 Atacama Desert Cool Coastal 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 00,124,000 124,000[6][7] 00,048,000 48,000 United States
24 Namib Desert Cool Coastal 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 00,052,000 52,000[8] 00,020,000 20,000 Iran

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Thar Desert - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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