List of deserts
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Africa:
- Sahara – in northern Africa. The world's largest dry desert.
- Kalahari – desert in southern Africa.
- Namib – desert in southern Africa.
Antarctica:
- Antarctica The interior of the continent is the world's largest desert.
Asia:
- Gobi – desert of Mongolia.
- Taklamakan – desert in China.
- Ordos – desert of China.
- Kara Kum – deserts in Central Asia.
- Kyzyl Kum – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
- Thar-Cholistan desert in India and Pakistan.
Australia:
See: Deserts of Australia
- Gibson Desert – central Australia
- Great Sandy Desert – northwestern Australia
- Great Victoria Desert – central Australia
- Simpson Desert – central Australia
- Little Sandy Desert – central Australia
- Strzelecki Desert – southcentral Australia
- Tanami Desert – northern Australia
- Western Desert – western Australia
Europe:
- Hálendi – Iceland Europes largest desert.
- Błędowska Desert – Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Middle East:
- Arabian Desert — a vast desert complex on Arabian Peninsula comprising Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desert and other deserts.
- Dasht-e Kavir – central Iran.
- Dasht-e Lut – southeastern Iran.
- Judean Desert – eastern Israel and West Bank.
- Negev – southern Israel
- Desert of Sin / Zin Desert (Bible usage) – Sinai Peninsula.
North America:
See: List of North American deserts
- Mojave desert.
- Great Basin desert.
- Sonoran desert.
- Chihuahuan desert.
South America:
- La Guajira Desert – in northern Colombia and some of northwestern Venezuela.
- Atacama – desert in Chile. The driest desert on Earth.
