list of deserts

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

desert

is located.

Afro-Eurasia

Africa

* 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

Chad

** 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

Eurasia

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 Oman
**

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 Pakistan
** 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

*

Bardenas Reales

– a semi-arid desert in

Navarre

,

Spain

(455 km²)
* Błędów Desert - a desert in

Poland

*

Curonian Spit

- an arid sand spit to west

Curonian lagoon

between Lithuania and

Russia

n

Kaliningrad oblast

exclave
* 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)
* Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain
*

Ryn Desert

- a desert in western

Kazakhstan

and southwestern

Russia

*

Tabernas Desert

– a semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)

Americas

North America

* 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

South America

*

Atacama Desert

– a desert in Chile and Peru
* 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
* Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru
* Jalapão A desert park in Tocantins, flag, Brazil

Oceania

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 (continent), 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 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand

Polar regions of Earth, Polar regions

Antarctic

* Antarctica, Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in the world
** Meyer Desert – a small desert close to the South Pole

Arctic

* 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
** Far North (Russia), 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.

* Accona Desert – area of Siena, Italy.
* Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in the Azores.
* Błędów Desert, 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".https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/may/11/why-go-to-the-sahara-when-you-can-visit-kent-desert-life-in-dungeness ‘Why go to the Sahara when you can visit Kent?’: ‘desert’ life in Dungeness]
* 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, Bulgaria, Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria.
* Oleshky Sands – sands in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
* Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania.
* Pobiti Kamani, The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria.
* Red Desert (South Africa), 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.

See also

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

References

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