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 km2)
Bledowska Desert - a desert in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km2)
Deliblatska Pescara - 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 Aragon, 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 Almeria, 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