List of deserts

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This is a list of deserts.

Africa

• Sahara desert in northern Africa. The world's largest desert after Antarctica.
• Kalahari desert in southern Africa

Americas

• Atacama desert in Chile
• La Guajira Desert in northern Colombia and some of northwestern Venezuela.
• Mojave, Great Basin, Sonoran, Chihuahuan and Patagonian desert

See also: List of North American deserts

Asia-Pacific

• Gobi desert of Mongolia; Taklamakan desert in China.
• Kara Kum deserts in Central Asia.
• Kyzyl Kum - Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
• Taklamakan - Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. World's third largest desert after Antarctica and the Sahara.
• Thar-Cholistan desert in India and Pakistan.

Middle East

• Al-Dahna Desert, west of the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
• Dasht-e Kavir, central Iran.
• Empty Quarter, Arabian Peninsula: The world's largest sand desert, and has some of the world's largest and most productive oil fields.
• Judean Desert - eastern Israel and West Bank.
• Kavir-e Lut, southeastern Iran.
• Nefud Desert, northern Saudi Arabia
• Negev - southern Israel.

Oceania

• Gibson Desert - central Australia
• Great Sandy Desert - northwestern Australia
• Great Victoria Desert - central Australia
• Simpson Desert - central Australia
• Tanami Desert - northern Australia
• Little Sahara - Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Europe

• Tabernas Desert - Almería, Spain
• Bledowska Desert - Malopolska, Poland

Other

• Antarctica is the world's largest desert

See also

• Desert
• List of North American desertsnl:Lijst van woestijnen