# List of deserts

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 ChadSahara Desert
** 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 (Rub' al Khali) – 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
** Wahiba Sands – a desert covering great parts of OmanAerial view of Negev
** Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank
** Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
* 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
* Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan
* Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan
* Syrian desert – a desert located in Syria, Jordan and Iraq
* Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan
* Thar Desert – a desert in India and PakistanGobi in Mongolia
** 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 (455 km$^2$; 176 sq mi)
* Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert in Almeria, Spain (460 km$^2$; 180 sq mi)
* Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain
* Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain (280 km$^2$; 110 sq mi)

### Other European nations

* Oleshky Sands – a sand semi-arid desert in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

## North America

* Chihuahua Desert – a desert in Mexico and the United 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 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.