NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of deserts by area

This is a list of deserts in the world ordered by area. It includes all deserts with an area greater than 50 000 km² (19 300 square miles). This article is about arid terrain. ...

Deserts over 50 000 km²

Rank	Desert’s Name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Country/Countries
1	Antarctic Desert	14,000,000 14 000 000^{[citation needed]}	05,400,000 5 400 000	Antarctica
2	Sahara	08,600,000 9 100 000^[1]	03,320,000 3 320 000+	Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia.
3	Arabian Desert	02,331,000 2 330 000^{[citation needed]}	00,900,000 900 000	Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen.
4	Gobi Desert	01,300,000 1 300 000^[1]	00,500,000 500 000	Mongolia and China
5	Patagonian Desert	00,673,000 670 000^[1]	00,260,000 260 000	Argentina and Chile
6	Great Victoria Desert	00,647,000 647 000^{[citation needed]}	00,250,000 250 000	Australia
7	Great Basin Desert	00,492,000 492 000^{[citation needed]}	00,190,000 190 000	United States
8	Chihuahuan Desert	00,450,000 450 000^{[citation needed]}	00,175,000 175 000	Mexico and United States
9	Great Sandy Desert	00,400,000 400 000^{[citation needed]}	00,150,000 150 000	Australia
10	Karakum Desert	00,350,000 350 000^{[citation needed]}	00,135,000 135 000	Turkmenistan
11	Sonoran Desert	00,310,000 310 000^{[citation needed]}	00,120,000 120 000	Mexico and United States
12	Kyzyl Kum	00,300,000 300 000^{[citation needed]}	00,115,000 115 000	Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
13	Taklamakan Desert	00,270,000 360 000^[1]	00,105,000 105 000	People's Republic of China
14	Kalahari Desert	00,260,000 260 000^{[citation needed]}	00,100,000 100 000	Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
15	Kavir or Dasht-e Kavir Desert	00,260,000 260 000^{[citation needed]}	00,100,000 100 000	Iran
16	Syrian Desert	00,260,000 260 000^{[citation needed]}	00,100,000 100 000	Syria, Jordan and Iraq
17	Thar Desert	00,200,000 200 000^{[citation needed]}	00,077,000 77 000	India and Pakistan
18	Gibson Desert	00,155,000 155 000	00,060,000 60 000	Australia
19	Simpson Desert	00,145,000 145 000	00,056,000 56 000	Australia
20	Atacama Desert	00,140,000 140 000	00,054,000 54 000	Chile
21	Namib Desert	00,135,000 135 000	00,052,000 52 000	Namibia
22	Mojave Desert	00,065,000 65 000	00,025,000 25 000	United States

For other uses, see Antarctica (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Gobi Desert lies in the territory of the Peoples Republic of China and the Country of Mongolia. ... Astronaut photography of the Patagonian Desert (most of the view) contrasted with the Limay River, seen flowing eastward from the Andes. ... The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. ... The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States, commonly defined as the contiguous watershed region, roughly between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, that has no natural outlet to the sea. ... Map of the Chihuahuan Desert. ... Location of deserts in Australia This article is about the Australian desert. ... The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum (â€œBlack Sandâ€) (Turkmen: Garagum, Russian: ÐšÐ°Ñ€Ð°ÐºÑƒÐ¼Ñ‹) is a desert in Central Asia. ... Map of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. ... The Kyzyl Kum (Uzbek: red sand; also called Qyzylqum) is a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. ... Dust storm in Taklamakan Desert from space, June 25, 2005 The Taklamakan Desert (also Taklimakan) is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... â€œKalahariâ€ redirects here. ... Dasht-e Kavir desert: satellite photograph Dasht-e Kavir (Ø¯Ø´Øª ÙƒÙˆÙŠØ± in Persian), also known as Kavir-e Namak or Great Salt Desert is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau. ... The Syrian Desert is a combination of steppe and true desert that is located in parts of the nations of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. ... A NASA satellite image of the Thar Desert, with the India-Pakistan border superimposed is found in canada, united states. ... A four wheel drive in the Gibson Desert The Gibson Desert is a Western Australian desert made up of sandhills and dry grass. ... Ted Colsons expedition across the Simpson Desert in 1936 The Simpson Desert occupies approximately 170,000 square kilometres of central Australia[1]. It is bounded to the west by the Finke River and Mabel Range, to the north by Adam Range, to the east by the Georgina and Diamantina... Atacama The Atacama Desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ... Dune 7, one of the highest sand dunes in the world (ca. ... For the indigenous American tribe, see Mohave. ...

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