Desert of the World

Africa
• Sahara – in northern Africa. The world’s largest desert after Antarctica.
• Kalahari-desert in southern Africa.
• Namib – desert in southern Africa.

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
• 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 – south central Australia
• Tanami Desert – northern Australia
• Western Desert -western Australia





Europe
• Halendi – Iceland Europe’s largest desert.
• Bledowska Desert – Lesser Poland, Voivodeship, Poland

Middle East

• Arabian Desert — a vast desert complex on Arabian Peninsula comprising Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud

• 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

• 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.