List of deserts
This is a list of deserts. It is sorted by the region of the world where the desert is at.
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
Asia
- Cholistan – a desert in Pakistan
- Dasht-i-Margo SW Afghanistan
- Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China
- Indus Valley Desert – a desert in Pakistan
- Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert
- Kharan desert – a desert 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 in Saudi Arabia
- Taklamakan – a desert 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 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 the West Bank
- Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
- Negev – a desert in southern Israel
- Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a sandy desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter
- Sinai Desert – a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
- Syrian Desert
- Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman
Europe
- Accona Desert – a semi-desert in central Italy
- Bardenas Reales – a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km²)
- Błędowska Desert – a desert in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²)
- Deliblatska Peščara – a desert Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²)
- Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but one because precipitation goes into the volcanic soil so quickly that it is unavailable to plants
- Monegros Desert – a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain
- Oleshky Sands – a desert in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)
- Oltenian Sahara – a desert about 80,000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia[1]
- Piscinas – a desert 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. 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
- 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 changed, due to irrigation canals, to an agricultural area. It is technically a semi-arid climate
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Colorado Desert
- Mojave Desert
- Sonoran Desert
Oceania
- 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
- Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
- Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
- Tanami Desert – a northern Australian 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[3]
- 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
References
- Oltenian Sahara
- "Deserts of the five continents". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- "Largest desert in the world". Retrieved 2012-02-02.
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