List of deserts

List of deserts

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 (see Antarctica)
* Kalahari – southern Africa
* Namib – Southern Africa

Antarctica

* Antarctica – the interior of the continent is the world's largest desert

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 ,and the hottest place on earth.
*Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in center of Iran

Australia

*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

New Zealand

*Rangipo Desert – a barren high altitude desert on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand

Europe

*Accona Desert - a desert in Tuscany, Italy
*Bardenas Reales - a desert in Navarra, Spain
*Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
*Deliblatska Peščara - a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia
*Hálendi – a region of Iceland and Europe's largest desert
*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.

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
*Shingala Bingala- southwest china also a country

North America

*Great Basin Desert – the largest desert in North America, located in the western United States
*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

outh America

*Patagonian Desert – the largest desert by area in the Americas, located in Argentina and Chile
*La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia
*Atacama – a desert in Chile, the driest place on Earth
*Sechura Desert – a desert located along a portion of the northwestern coast of South America
*Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian

See also

*List of deserts by area


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