List of deserts

Not to be confused with list of desserts.

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.

## Africa

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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

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* 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

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### Spain

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* Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km2; 176 sq mi)[1]
* Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert in Almeria, Spain (460 km2; 180 sq mi)[2][3]
* Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain[4]
* Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain (280 km2; 110 sq mi)[5]

### Other European nations

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* Oleshky Sands – a sand semi-arid desert in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

## North America

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Main article: List of North American deserts

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

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### Australia

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Main article: Deserts of 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

## South America

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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

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### Antarctic

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* Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in the world[6][7]
* 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

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* 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

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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.
* The Burren – limestone karst in County Clare, Ireland.
* 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 – shingle expanse in South East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert".[8]
* Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland;
* 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
* Lieberose Desert - a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany
* 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

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

## References

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1. ^ "Los desiertos de Navarra". Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Vocento. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
2. ^ Capel Molina, J.J. (1995) Mapa pluviométrico de España Peninsular y Baleares (en el periodo internacional 1961-1990) Investigaciones Geográficas nº 13: 29-466ISSN 0213-4691 pdf Idioma: español. Acceso: 3/7/2009.
3. ^ "Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
4. ^ "Los 5 desiertos más grandes de España". Fundación Aquae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-24.
5. ^ Nadal, Paco (19 August 2017). "El desierto de Tabernas, un lugar de otro mundo". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
6. ^ "Largest desert in the world". Retrieved 2012-02-02.
7. ^ "Hot and cold deserts of the world". Retrieved 2022-03-03.
8. ^ Hunt, Nick (11 May 2021). "'Why go to the Sahara when you can visit Kent?': 'desert' life in Dungeness". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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World deserts

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Africa|

* Algerian
* Bayuda
* Black Desert
* Blue
* Chalbi
* Danakil
* Djurab
* Eastern
* Ferlo
* Farafra (White)
* Kalahari
* Libyan
* Moçâmedes
* Namib
* Nubian
* Nyiri
* Plaine des Sables
* Richtersveld
* Sahara
* Tanezrouft
* Ténéré
* Western

Asia|

| Arabian Peninsula|

* Ad-Dahna
* Nefud
* Arabian
* Judaean
* Negev
* Ramlat al-Sab'atayn
* Rub' al Khali
* Syrian
* Wahiba Sands

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Central Asia|

* Aral Karakum
* Aralkum
* Barsuki
* Betpak-Dala
* Dasht-e Naomid
* Karakum
* Kyzylkum
* Moiynkum
* Ryn
* Saryesik-Atyrau
* Sarykum
* Taukum
* Ustyurt

East Asia|

* Badain Jaran
* Gobi
* Gurbantünggüt
* Hami
* Lop
* Kumtag
* Ordos
* Kubuqi
* Mu Us
* Qaidam
* Taklamakan
* Tengger

South Asia|

* Cholistan
* Indus Valley
* Katpana
* Kharan
* Thal
* Thar

Iranian plateau|

* Kavir
* Khash
* Leili
* Lut
* Margo
* Naomid
* Polond
* Registan

Southeast Asia|

* La Paz

Europe|

* Bardenas Reales
* Cabo de Gata
* Monegros
* Oleshky
* Tabernas
* Deliblato

North America|

* Alvord
* Amargosa
* Baja California
* Black Rock
* Carcross
* Carson
* Channeled scablands
* Chihuahuan
* Colorado
* Escalante
* Forty Mile
* Gran Desierto de Altar
* Great Basin
* Great Salt Lake
* Great Sandy
* Jornada del Muerto
* Kaʻū
* Lechuguilla
* Mojave
* North American Arctic
* Owyhee
* Painted Desert
* Red Desert
* Sevier
* Smoke Creek
* Sonoran
* Tonopah Desert
* Tule (Arizona)
* Tule (Nevada)
* Yuha
* Yuma

Oceania|

| Australia|

* Gibson
* Great Sandy
* Great Victoria
* Little Sandy
* Nullarbor Plain
* Painted
* Pedirka
* Simpson
* Strzelecki
* Sturt Stony
* Tanami
* Tirari

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New Zealand|

* Rangipo

South America|

* Atacama
* La Guajira
* Los Médanos de Coro
* Monte
* Patagonian
* Sechura
* Tatacoa

Polar regions|

| Antarctic|

* Antarctica
* Meyer Desert

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Arctic|

* North American Arctic
* Greenland
* Russian Arctic

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