List of deserts

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The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world

This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.

## Contents

* 1 Africa
* 2 Asia
* 3 Europe
* 3.1 Spain
* 3.2 Other European nations
* 4 North America
* 5 Oceania
* 5.1 Australia
* 5.2 New Zealand
* 6 South America
* 7 Polar regions
* 7.1 Antarctic
* 7.2 Arctic
* 8 Pseudo-deserts
* 9 See also
* 10 References

## Africa

Namib Desert

* Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
* Karoo Desert – a desert covering parts of southern South Africa
* Namib Desert – a desert in present-day Namibia
* Danakil Desert – a desert lying in the Afar Triangle and covering northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, southern Djibouti and northwesternmost Somalia
* Eritrean Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the southern part of the coast of Eritrea and the coast of Djibouti
* Guban Desert – a desert lying along the coast of northwestern Somalia
* Grand Bara Desert – a desert covering parts of south Djibouti
* Chalbi Desert – a desert in northern Kenya along the border with Ethiopia
* Nyiri Desert – a desert located in southern Kenya along the border with Tanzania
* Lompoul Desert – a desert lying in northwestern Senegal between Dakar and Saint-Louis
* Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising:
* Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western ChadSahara Desert
* Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains
* El Djouf – a desert which covers northeastern Mauritania and parts of northwestern Mali
* Djurab Desert – a desert covering northern central Chad
* Tin-Toumma Desert – a desert covering southeastern Niger, at the south of the Ténéré
* Libyan Desert (also called Western Desert) – a desert covering eastern Libya, western Egypt and northwestern Sudan at the west of the Nile River
* White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt
* Eastern Desert – a desert covering eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red Sea
* Nubian Desert – a desert covering northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red Sea
* Bayuda Desert – a desert covering eastern Sudan located just at the southwest of the Nubian Desert
* Sinai Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
* Atlantic Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the western coast of the Sahara Desert and occupies a narrow strip in Western Sahara and Mauritania

## Asia

* Arabian Desert – desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising:
* Al Khatim Desert – a desert near Abu Dhabi
* Al-Dahna Desert – a desert being the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia
* Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen
* Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of the Arabian Peninsula
* Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a desert in north-central Yemen
* Wahiba Sands – a desert covering great parts of OmanAerial view of Negev
* Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank
* Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
* Bromo Sand Sea – a volcanic desert in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
* Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran
* Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
* Polond Desert – a desert in eastern Iran
* Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
* Katpana Desert – a cold desert in Pakistan
* Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan
* Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan
* Syrian desert – a desert located in Syria, Jordan and Iraq
* Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan
* Thar Desert – a desert in India and PakistanGobi in Mongolia
* Cholistan Desert – a desert in Pakistan
* Dasht-e-Margo – a desert in southwestern Afghanistan
* Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
* Kara Kum – a large desert in Central Asia
* Lop Desert – a desert in China
* Ordos – a desert in northern China
* Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China
* Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China
* Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China
* Badain Jaran Desert – a desert in China
* Hami Desert – a desert in China
* Tengger Desert – a desert in China
* Taklamakan – a desert located in China
* Gurbantünggüt Desert – a desert located in northwestern China
* Kumtag Desert – a desert in northwestern China
* Karapinar Desert – a desert in Southern Central Anatolia

## Europe

### Spain

* Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km2)[1]
* Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
* Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain
* Tabernas Desert – a semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain (280 km2)[2]

### Other European nations

* Błędów Desert – a semi-desert in Poland
* Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but effectively one because precipitation penetrates the volcanic soil so quickly that the land is infertile (20,000 km2)
* Ryn Desert – a desert in western Kazakhstan and southwestern Russia
* Oltenian Sahara - a desert in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania
* Oleshky Sands – a sand desert in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
* Lieberose Desert - a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany

## North America

Sonoran Desert

* Chihuahua Desert – a desert in Mexico and the United States
* Great Basin Desert
* Black Rock Desert
* Death Valley
* Mojave Desert – a desert in the United States
* Red Desert (Wyoming)
* Sonoran Desert – a desert in the United States and Mexico
* Colorado Desert
* Gran Desierto de Altar
* Thompson Plateau – a desert in Canada

## Oceania

### Australia

Tanami Desert in Australia

* Central Desert – a central Australian desert
* Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
* Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
* Great Victoria Desert – the biggest desert in Australia
* Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
* Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
* Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
* Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert

### New Zealand

* Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1500–2500 mm/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand

## South America

Sechura Desert in Peru

* Atacama Desert – a desert in Chile and Peru
* La Guajira Desert – a desert in Colombia and Venezuela
* Monte Desert – in Argentina , a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert
* Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina
* Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru
* Jalapão – a desert park in Tocantins, Brazil

## Polar regions

### Antarctic

* Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in the world[3][4]
* McMurdo Dry Valleys – a series of extremely dry, snow-free valleys in Victoria Land
* Meyer Desert – a small desert close to the South Pole

### Arctic

* Arctic Desert – the second largest "desert" in the world, though it consists of frozen ocean, land ice, and tundra, so (like the rest of this section) not a desert climate in any conventional sense
* North American Arctic – a large tundra in Northern America
* Greenland – mostly covered by land ice, like Antarctica
* Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia

## Pseudo-deserts

Some geographical features are referred to as "deserts", and this word may even feature in their names, despite not meeting any meteorological definitions for a desert.[citation needed]

* Accona Desert – area of Siena, Italy.
* Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in the Azores.
* Błędowska Desert – area of sands in Poland .
* Carcross Desert – sand-dune system in Yukon, Canada .
* Chara Sands – region of Siberia, Russia.
* Deliblatska Peščara – sand expanse in Vojvodina, Serbia.
* Desert of Maine – 40-acre expanse of glacial sand-dunes in Maine, United States.
* Desert of Wales – a large, upland area of Wales.
* Dunas dos Ingleses – sand-dune system in Brazil.
* Dungeness – single expanse in South East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert".[5]
* Joaquina Beach – beach in Brazil.
* Kaʻū Desert – an area of desertification in Hawaii, due to the acid rainfall caused by the nearby Kīlauea volcano.
* Larzac – limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France.
* Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
* Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria.
* Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania.
* The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria.
* Red Desert – desert-like region in South Africa.
* Sand dunes of Lemnos – sand-dune expanse on Lemnos, Greece.
* Sands of Đurđevac – sand-dune system in Croatia.
* Sleeping Bear Dunes – lakeshore in Michigan, United States.
* Słowiński National Park – sand-dune expanse in Poland.
* Tottori Sand Dunes – sand-dune system in Tottori Prefecture, Japan .
* Chad Basin National Park – desert park in northern Nigeria.

## See also

* Desert
* Desertification
* List of deserts by area
* Polar desert
* Tundra

## References

1. ↑ "Los desiertos de Navarra" (in es). Diario Vasco (Vocento). 26 April 2018. https://www.diariovasco.com/planes/viajes/rutas-excursiones/bardenas-reales-desierto-navarra-20180425112639-nt.html.
2. ↑ Nadal, Paco (19 August 2017). "El desierto de Tabernas, un lugar de otro mundo" (in es). El País (Prisa). https://elviajero.elpais.com/elviajero/2017/08/18/actualidad/1503063135_457676.html.
3. ↑ "Largest desert in the world". http://geology.com/records/largest-desert.shtml.
4. ↑ "Hot and cold deserts of the world". https://sand-boarding.com/deserts-of-the-world/.
5. ↑ Hunt, Nick (11 May 2021). "'Why go to the Sahara when you can visit Kent?': 'desert' life in Dungeness". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/may/11/why-go-to-the-sahara-when-you-can-visit-kent-desert-life-in-dungeness.

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