List of deserts by area

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Some of Earth's biggest non-polar deserts
Rank Name Type Image Area
(km2)		 Area
(sq mi)		 LocationTemplate:NoteTag Nation(s)
1 Antarctic Desert Polar ice and tundra File:Antarctica surface.jpg 14,200,000,000,000,000 14,200,000[1] 05,482,651 5,482,651 Antarctica N/A
2 Arctic Desert Polar ice and tundra File:Sunny Skies over the Arctic in Late June 2010.jpg 13,900,000 13,900,000[1] 05,366,820 5,366,820 Eastern Europe
Northern America
Northern Asia
Northern Europe		 United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories), Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway (Svalbard and Jan Mayen), Russia (Siberia), and Sweden
3 Saharan Desert Subtropical File:Sahara satellite hires.jpg 09,200,000 9,200,000[1] 03,552,140 3,552,140 Eastern Africa
Middle Africa
Northern Africa
Western Africa		 Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara
4 Arabian Desert Subtropical File:Arabian Desert.png 02,330,000 2,330,000[2] 00,899,618 899,618 Middle East Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Yemen
5 Great Australian Desert Subtropical File:Australia satellite plane.jpg 01,371,000 1,371,000[3] 00,529,346 529,346 Australasia Australia
6 Gobi Desert Cold winter File:Gobi.png 01,295,000 1,295,000[1] 00,500,002 500,002 Eastern Asia China and Mongolia
7 Kalahari Desert Subtropical File:Kalahari.png 00,900,000 900,000[4] 00,347,492 347,492 Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
8 Patagonian Desert Oceanic File:Patagonian.png 00,673,000 673,000[1] 00,259,847 259,847 South America Argentina and Chile
9 Syrian Desert Subtropical File:Syrian Desert.png 00,500,000 500,000[5] 00,193,051 193,051 Western Asia Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Syria
10 Great Basin Desert Cold winter File:Great Basin map.gif 00,492,098 492,098[5] 00,190,000 190,000 Northern America United States (Nevada, Utah, California and Idaho)
11 Chihuahuan Desert Subtropical File:Chihuahua desert.jpg 00,453,248 453,248[5] 00,175,000 175,000 Central America
Northern America		 Mexico and the United States
12 Karakum Desert Cold winter File:Karakum.png 00,350,000 350,000[5] 00,135,136 135,136 Central Asia Turkmenistan
– Great Victoria DesertTemplate:NoteTag Subtropical File:Australia.A2002231.0145.250m NASA Nullarbor.jpg 00,348,750 348,750[1] 00,134,653 134,653 Australasia Australia
13 Taklamakan Desert Cold winter File:Taklamakan.png 00,270,000 337,000 00,104,248 130,191 Eastern Asia China
14 Colorado Plateau Cold winter File:Four corners.jpg 00,337,000 336,700[5] 00,130,116 130,116 Northern America United States
15 Sonoran Desert Subtropical File:Mojave-Sonoran.gif 00,310,000 310,000[5] 00,119,692 119,692 Central America
Northern America		 Mexico and the United States
16 Kyzylkum Desert Cold winter File:Kyzyl Kum.png 00,300,000 300,000[5] 00,115,831 115,831 Central Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
17 Ogaden Desert Tropical File:Ogaden Desert.jpg 00,256,000 256,000 00,098,842 98,842 Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland
18 Thar Desert Subtropical File:Thar Desert satellite.jpg 238,254[6] 00,077,220 77,220 Southern Asia India and Pakistan
19 Puntland Desert Tropical File:Somalia BMNG.png 00,200,000 200,000 00,077,220 77,220 Eastern Africa Somalia
20 Ustyurt Plateau Cold winter File:Ustyurt Plateau USAID.jpg 00,200,000 200,000 00,077,220 77,220 Central Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
21 Guban Desert Tropical File:Somalia BMNG.png 00,175,000 175,000 00,067,568 67,568 Eastern Africa Somalia/Somaliland
22 Namib Desert Cool coastal File:Namib desert MODIS.jpg 00,160,000 160,000 00,061,776 61,776 Middle Africa
Southern Africa		 Angola, Namibia, and South Africa
23 Margo Desert Subtropical File:Kavir.png 00,150,000 150,000 00,057,915 57,915 Southern Asia Afghanistan
24 Registan Desert Subtropical The shifting dunes of the Northern Registan Desert 00,146,000 146,000 00,056,371 56,371 Southern Asia Afghanistan
25 Atacama Desert Mild coastal File:Atacama.png 00,140,000 140,000[5] 00,054,054 54,054 South America Chile and Peru
26 Danakil Desert Tropical File:The Danakil Desert.png 00,137,000 137,000 00,052,896 52,896 Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
27 Mojave Desert Subtropical File:Mojave-Sonoran.gif 00,124,000 124,000[7][8] 00,047,877 47,877 Northern America United States
28 Chalbi Desert Tropical File:Chalbi Desert Satellite.jpg 00,100,000 100,000 00,038,610 38,610 Eastern Africa Kenya
29 Columbia Basin Cold winter File:Level IV ecoregions, Columbia Plateau.png 00,083,139 83,139[5] 00,032,100 32,100 Northern America Canada and the United States
30 Kavir Desert Subtropical File:Kavir.png 00,077,000 77,000[9] 00,029,730 29,730 Western Asia Iran
31 Ferlo Desert Tropical bordering on Subtropical File:Ferlo Desert.jpg 00,070,000 70,000 00,027,027 27,027 Western Africa Senegal
32 Ladakh Desert[10] Cold winter File:Zanskar Range 02.jpg 00,059,146 59,146 00,022,836 22,836 Southern Asia India
33 Lut Desert Subtropical File:Dasht-e Lut Iran 2006-02-28 ISS012-E-18779.jpg 00,052,000 52,000[9] 00,020,077 20,077 Western Asia Iran

See also

Notes

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References

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