List of deserts

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&nbsp;km²)
* Błędowska Desert – a desert in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32&nbsp;km²)
* Deliblatska Peščara – a desert Vojvodina, Serbia (300&nbsp;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&nbsp;km in diameter)
* Oltenian Sahara – a desert about 80,000 hectares or 800&nbsp;km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia
* Piscinas – a desert in southwest Sardinia, Italy (5&nbsp;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&nbsp;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

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