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Not to be confused withlist of desserts.

TheSahara is the largest hot desert in the world

This is alist of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which thedesert is located.

Africa

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Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much ofBotswana and parts ofNamibia andSouth 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 theAfar Triangle and covering northeasternEthiopia, southernEritrea, southernDjibouti and northwesternmostSomalia
- 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 northwesternSomalia
Grand Bara Desert – a desert covering parts of south Djibouti
Chalbi Desert – a desert in northernKenya along the border with Ethiopia
Nyiri Desert – a desert located in southern Kenya along the border withTanzania
Lompoul Desert – a desert lying in northwesternSenegal betweenDakar andSaint-Louis
Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much ofNorth Africa comprising:
- Ténéré – a desert covering northeasternNiger and westernChad
  Sahara Desert
- Tanezrouft – a desert covering northernMali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southernAlgeria, at the west of theHoggar Mountains
- El Djouf – a desert which covers northeasternMauritania 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 theTénéré
- Libyan Desert (also calledWestern Desert) – a desert covering easternLibya, westernEgypt and northwesternSudan at the west of theNile River
  - White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located inFarafra, Egypt
- Eastern Desert – a desert covering eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and theRed 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 theSinai Peninsula in Egypt
- Atlantic Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the western coast of the Sahara Desert and occupies a narrow strip inWestern Sahara andMauritania

Asia

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Arabian Desert – desert complex on theArabian Peninsula comprising:
- Al Khatim Desert – a desert nearAbu Dhabi
- Al-Dahna Desert – a desert being the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covering parts ofSaudi Arabia
- Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia,Oman, theUnited Arab Emirates andYemen
- Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of theArabian Peninsula
- Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a desert in north-central Yemen
- Wahiba Sands – a desert covering great parts of Oman
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- Judaean Desert – a desert in easternIsrael and theWest Bank
- Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
Bromo Sand Sea – avolcanic desert inBromo Tengger Semeru National Park,East Java,Indonesia
Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in centralIran
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 inPakistan
Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan
Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan
Syrian desert – a desert located inSyria,Jordan andIraq
Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan
Thar Desert – a desert inIndia and Pakistan
Gobi in Mongolia
- Cholistan Desert – a desert in Pakistan
Dasht-e-Margo – a desert in southwesternAfghanistan
Kyzyl Kum – a desert inKazakhstan andUzbekistan
Kara Kum – a large desert inCentral Asia
Lop Desert – a desert inChina
Ordos – a desert in northern China
- Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China
- Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China
Gobi – a desert inMongolia 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

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Spain

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Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert inNavarre,Spain (455 km²; 176 sq mi)^[1]
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert inAlmeria, Spain (460 km²; 180 sq mi)^[2]^[3]
Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert inAragón, Spain^[4]
Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert inAlmería, Spain (280 km²; 110 sq mi)^[5]

Other European nations

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Oleshky Sands – a sand semi-arid desert inKherson Oblast,Ukraine

North America

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Main article:List of North American deserts

Chihuahua Desert – a desert inMexico and theUnited 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 inCanada

Oceania

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Australia

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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 inAustralia
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

South America

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Atacama Desert – a desert inChile andPeru
La Guajira Desert – a desert inColombia andVenezuela
Monte Desert – inArgentina, a smaller desert above thePatagonian Desert
Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in theAmericas, located in Argentina
Sechura Desert – a desert located south of thePiura Region ofPeru
Jalapão – a desert park inTocantins,Brazil

Polar regions

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Antarctic

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Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in theworld^[6]^[7]
- McMurdo Dry Valleys – a series of extremely dry, snow-free valleys inVictoria Land
- Meyer Desert – a small desert close to theSouth Pole

Arctic

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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 largetundra inNorthern America
  - Greenland – mostly covered by land ice, like Antarctica
- Russian Arctic – a large tundra inRussia

Pseudo-deserts

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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.^{[citation needed]}

Accona Desert – area ofSiena, Italy.
Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in theAzores.
Błędowska Desert – area of sands inPoland.
The Burren – limestone karst inCounty Clare,Ireland.
Carcross Desert – sand-dune system inYukon,Canada.
Chara Sands – region ofSiberia, Russia.
Deliblatska Peščara – sand expanse inVojvodina, Serbia.
Desert of Maine – 40-acre expanse of glacial sand-dunes inMaine, United States.
Desert of Wales – a large, upland area ofWales.
Dunas dos Ingleses – sand-dune system in Brazil.
Dungeness – shingle expanse inSouth East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert".^[8]
Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau ofIceland;
Joaquina Beach – beach in Brazil.
Kaʻū Desert – an area of desertification inHawaii, due to the acid rainfall caused by the nearbyKīlauea volcano.
Larzac –limestone karst plateau in the south of theMassif Central, France.
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
Lieberose Desert - a desert on a former military training ground in southernBrandenburg,Germany
Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria.
Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification inOltenia,Romania.
The Stone Desert –rock formation in Bulgaria.
Red Desert – desert-like region in South Africa.
Sand dunes of Lemnos – sand-dune expanse onLemnos, Greece.
Sands of Đurđevac – sand-dune system in Croatia.
Sleeping Bear Dunes – lakeshore inMichigan, United States.
Słowiński National Park – sand-dune expanse in Poland.
Tottori Sand Dunes – sand-dune system inTottori Prefecture,Japan.
Chad Basin National Park – desert park in northernNigeria.

References

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^"Los desiertos de Navarra".Diario Vasco (in Spanish).Vocento. 26 April 2018. Retrieved13 October 2019.
^Capel Molina, J.J. (1995)Mapa pluviométrico de España Peninsular y Baleares (en el periodo internacional 1961-1990) Investigaciones Geográficas nº 13: 29-466ISSN 0213-4691pdf Idioma: español. Acceso: 3/7/2009.
^"Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park".earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2022-05-21. Retrieved2024-02-10.
^"Los 5 desiertos más grandes de España".Fundación Aquae (in Spanish). Retrieved2024-04-24.
^Nadal, Paco (19 August 2017)."El desierto de Tabernas, un lugar de otro mundo".El País (in Spanish).Prisa. Retrieved13 October 2019.
^"Largest desert in the world". Retrieved2012-02-02.
^"Hot and cold deserts of the world". Retrieved2022-03-03.
^Hunt, Nick (11 May 2021)."'Why go to the Sahara when you can visit Kent?': 'desert' life in Dungeness".The Guardian. Retrieved27 January 2022.

Worlddeserts

Africa

Asia

Arabian Peninsula	Ad-Dahna Nefud Arabian Judaean Negev Ramlat al-Sab'atayn Rub' al Khali Syrian Wahiba Sands
Central Asia	Aral Karakum Aralkum Barsuki Betpak-Dala Dasht-e Naomid Karakum Kyzylkum Moiynkum Ryn Saryesik-Atyrau Sarykum Taukum Ustyurt
East Asia	Badain Jaran Gobi Gurbantünggüt Hami Lop Kumtag Ordos Kubuqi Mu Us Qaidam Taklamakan Tengger
South Asia	Cholistan Indus Valley Katpana Kharan Thal Thar
Iranian plateau	Kavir Khash Leili Lut Margo Naomid Polond Registan
Southeast Asia	La Paz

Europe

North America

Oceania

Australia	Gibson Great Sandy Great Victoria Little Sandy Nullarbor Plain Painted Pedirka Simpson Strzelecki Sturt Stony Tanami Tirari
New Zealand	Rangipo