Important Desert of the World

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Important 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.

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