This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.
Africa
Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South 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 the Afar Triangle and covering northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, southern Djibouti and northwesternmost Somalia 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 northwestern Somalia Grand Bara Desert – a desert covering parts of south Djibouti Chalbi Desert – a desert in northern Kenya along the border with Ethiopia Nyiri Desert – a desert located in southern Kenya along the border with Tanzania Lompoul Desert – a desert lying in northwestern Senegal between Dakar and Saint-Louis Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains El Djouf – a desert which covers northeastern Mauritania 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 the Ténéré Libyan Desert (also called Western Desert) – a desert covering eastern Libya, western Egypt and northwestern Sudan at the west of the Nile River White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt Eastern Desert – a desert covering eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red 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 the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt Atlantic Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the western coast of the Sahara Desert and occupies a narrow strip in Western Sahara and Mauritania
Asia Arabian Desert – desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising: Al Khatim Desert – a desert near Abu Dhabi Al-Dahna Desert – a desert being the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia Empty Quarter () – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of the Arabian Peninsula Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a desert in north-central Yemen Sharqiya Sands – a desert covering great parts of Oman Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank Negev – a desert located in southern Israel Syrian Desert – a desert in Syria, Jordan and Iraq Bromo Sand Sea – a volcanic desert in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran 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 in Pakistan Sarfaranga Desert – a cold desert in Pakistan Indus Valley Desert – a desert in Pakistan Kharan Desert – a desert in Pakistan Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan Thar Desert – a desert in India and Pakistan Cholistan Desert – a desert in Pakistan Dasht-e-Margo – a desert in southwestern Afghanistan Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Kara Kum – a large desert in Central Asia Lop Desert – a desert in China Ordos – a desert in northern China Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China Gobi – a desert in Mongolia 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 Spain Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert in Navarre, Spain () Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert in Almeria, Spain ()Capel Molina, J.J. (1995) Mapa pluviométrico de España Peninsular y Baleares (en el periodo internacional 1961-1990) Investigaciones Geográficas nº 13: 29-466ISSN 0213-4691 pdf Idioma: español. Acceso: 3/7/2009. Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain ()
Other European nations Oleshky Sands – a sand semi-arid desert in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine Ryn Desert - a desert in western Kazakhstan and Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
North America
Chihuahua Desert – a desert in Mexico and the United States Great Basin Desert Black Rock Desert Mojave Desert – a desert in the United States Death Valley Red Desert (Wyoming) Sonoran Desert – a desert in the United States and Mexico Colorado Desert Gran Desierto de Altar Thompson Plateau – a desert in Canada
Oceania 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 in Australia 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
Atacama Desert – a desert in Chile and Peru La Guajira Desert – a desert in Colombia and Venezuela Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru Jalapão – a desert park in Tocantins, Brazil
Polar regions Antarctic Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in the world McMurdo Dry Valleys – a series of extremely dry, snow-free valleys in Victoria Land Meyer Desert – a small desert close to the South Pole
Arctic 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 large tundra in Northern America Greenland – mostly covered by land ice, like Antarctica Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia
Pseudo-deserts 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.
Accona Desert – area of Siena, Italy. Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in the Azores. Błędowska Desert – area of sands in Poland. The Burren – limestone karst in County Clare, Ireland. Carcross Desert – sand-dune system in Yukon, Canada. Chara Sands – region of Siberia, Russia. Deliblatska Peščara – sand expanse in Vojvodina, Serbia. Desert of Maine – 40-acre expanse of glacial sand-dunes in Maine, United States. Desert of Wales – a large, upland area of Wales. Dunas dos Ingleses – sand-dune system in Brazil. Dungeness – shingle expanse in South East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert". Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; Joaquina Beach – beach in Brazil. Kaʻū Desert – an area of desertification in Hawaii, due to the acid rainfall caused by the nearby Kīlauea volcano. Larzac – limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France. Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Lieberose Desert – a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria. Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania. The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria. Red Desert – desert-like region in South Africa. Sand dunes of Lemnos – sand-dune expanse on Lemnos, Greece. Sands of Đurđevac – sand-dune system in Croatia. Sleeping Bear Dunes – lakeshore in Michigan, United States. Słowiński National Park – sand-dune expanse in Poland. Tottori Sand Dunes – sand-dune system in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Chad Basin National Park – desert park in northern Nigeria.
See also Desert Desertification List of deserts by area Polar desert Tundra
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