This is a list of deserts.  It is sorted by the region of the world where the desert is at.

Africa 
 Algerian Desert – part of the Sahara located in Algeria
Blue Desert – a desert in Egypt
Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
Karoo – a semi-desert region in South Africa
Libyan Desert – part of the Sahara located in Libya
Namib Desert – a desert in present day Namibia
Nubian Desert – a desert in present day Sudan
Owami Desert – a desert in Nigeria
Sahara Desert – the world's largest hot desert covering most of Northern Africa

Asia
 Cholistan – a desert in Pakistan
  Dasht-i-Margo SW Afghanistan
 Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China
 Indus Valley Desert – a desert in Pakistan
 Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert
 Kharan desert – a desert in Pakistan
 Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
 Lop Desert – a desert in China
 Ordos – a desert in northern China
 Rub' al Khali – a desert  in Saudi Arabia
 Taklamakan – a desert in China
 Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan
 Thar Desert – a desert in Pakistan and India
 Arabian Desert – a vast desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising the Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desert and other deserts
 Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran
 Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
 Judean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank
 Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
 Negev – a desert in southern Israel
 Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a sandy desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter
 Sinai Desert – a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
 Syrian Desert
 Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman

Europe 
 Accona Desert – a semi-desert in central Italy
 Bardenas Reales – a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km²)
 Błędowska Desert – a desert in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²)
 Deliblatska Peščara – a desert Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²)
 Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but one because precipitation goes into the volcanic soil so quickly that it is unavailable to plants
 Monegros Desert – a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain
 Oleshky Sands – a desert in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)
 Oltenian Sahara – a desert about 80,000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia
 Piscinas – a desert in southwest Sardinia, Italy (5 km²)
 Ryn Desert – a desert in western Kazakhstan and southeastern Russia, north of the Caspian Sea and southeast of the Volga Upland. It is the largest sandy desert in Europe 
 Stranja Sahara - a desert in southeastern Bulgaria near the city of Burgas. It is about 80,000 hectares. It is near the borders of Turkey and northwestern Greece
 Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)
 Pumas Desert - a desert in Spain (province)

North America 
 Central Valley of California (which is divided into the Sacramento Valley in the north, and the San Joaquin Valley in the south) – this area has largely been changed, due to irrigation canals, to an agricultural area. It is technically a semi-arid climate
 Chihuahuan Desert
 Colorado Desert
 Mojave Desert
 Sonoran Desert

Oceania 
 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
 Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
 Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
 Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
 Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert

South America 
 Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth
 La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern 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 and Chile
 Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru

Polar Regions 
 Antarctica Desert – the largest desert in the world
 Arctic Desert – the second largest desert in the world
 North American Arctic – a large tundra in North America
 Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia

References 

Geography-related lists