deserts around the world

Africa

       Algerian Desert – part of the Sahara located in Algeria

       Blue Desert – a desert in Egypt

       Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa

       Karoo – a semi-desert region in South Africa

       Libyan Desert – part of the Sahara located in Libya

       Namib Desert – a desert in present day Namibia

       Nubian Desert – a desert in present day Sudan

       Owami Desert – a desert in Nigeria

       Sahara Desert – the world's largest hot desert covering most of Northern Africa

       White Desert – a desert in Egypt

Asia

       Akshi Desert – a desert in India

       Badain Jaran – a desert located in China

       Cholistan – a desert in Pakistan

       Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China

       Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan

       Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert

       Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan

       Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

       Lop Desert – a desert in China

       Ordos – a desert in northern China

       Rub' al Khali – a desert located in Saudi Arabia

       Taklamakan – a desert located in China

       Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan

       Thar Desert – a desert in Pakistan and India

       Arabian Desert – a vast desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising the Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desertand 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 the West Bank

       Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran

       Negev – a desert located in southern Israel

       Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a sandy desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter

       Sinai Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

       Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman

Australia

Main article: Deserts of 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

Europe  

             Accona Desert – a semi-desert in central Italy

             Aleshkovskie peski – a sandy desert in Ukraine

             Bardenas Reales – a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km²)

             Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²)

             Deliblatska Peščara – a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²)

             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 it is unavailable to plants

             Monegros Desert – a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain

             Oleshky Sands – a desert located in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)

             Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80,000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia[1]

                                                         Piscinas – a desert located in southwest Sardinia, Italy (5 km²)

                                                         Ryn Desert – a desert in western Kazakhstan and southeastern Russia, north of the Caspian Sea and southeast of the Volga Upland. It is the largest sandy desert in Europe

                                                         Stranja Sahara - a desert in southeastern Bulgaria near the city of Burgas. It is about 80,000 hectares, sometimes estimated to about 850 km². It is near the borders of Turkey and northwestern Greece[2]

                                                         Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)

             Pumas Desert - a desert in Spain (province)

North America

List of North American deserts

          Central Valley of California (which is divided into the Sacramento Valley in the north, and the San Joaquin Valley in the south) – this area has largely been transformed, due to irrigation canals, to an agricultural area. It is technically a semi-arid climate

          Chihuahuan Desert

          Colorado Desert

          Mojave Desert

          Sonoran Desert

]South America

             Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth

             La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern 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 and Chile

             Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru

Polar Regions

          Antarctica Desert – the largest desert in the world

          Arctic Desert – the second largest desert in the world

          North American Arctic – a large tundra in North America

          Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia

Oceania

          Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand

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The Sahara Desert, covering most of North Africa, is the largest desert in the world. From north to south the Sahara is between 800 and 1,200 miles and is at least 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west. Due to the massive size of the Sahara, Africa is split into two regions: that which lies above or forms part of the Sahara and the rest of Africa south of the Sahara. On the west, the Sahara is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the Red Sea, and to the north are the Atlas Mountains and Mediterranean Sea.

The Gobi  is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Hexi Corridor and Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast. The Gobi is most notable in history as part of the great Mongol Empire, and as the location of several important cities along the Silk Road.

The Gobi is made up of several distinct ecological and geographic regions based on variations in climate and topography. One is the Eastern Gobi desert steppe Ecoregion, a Palearctic ecoregion in the Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome, home to the Bactrian camel and various other animals.. It is a rain shadowdesert formed by the Himalaya range blocking rain-carrying clouds from reaching the Gobi from the Indian Ocean.