|
Area (km2)
|
Type
|
Location
|
Desert
|
|
14,200,000
|
Polar/ Tundra
|
Antarctica
|
Antarctic Desert
|
|
13,900,000
|
Polar/ Tundra
|
Eastern & Northern Europe, Northern America, Northern Asia
|
Arctic Desert
|
|
9,200,000
|
Subtropical
|
Eastern, Middle, Northern & Western Africa
|
Saharan Desert
|
|
2,700,000
|
Subtropical
|
Australasia
|
Great Australian Desert
|
|
2,330,000
|
Subtropical
|
Western Asia
|
Arabian Desert
|
|
1,295,000
|
Cold Winter
|
Eastern Asia
|
Gobi Desert
|
|
900,000
|
Subtropical
|
Southern Africa
|
Kalahari Desert
|
|
673,000
|
Cold Winter
|
South America
|
Patagonian Desert
|
|
500,000
|
Subtropical
|
Western Asia
|
Syrian Desert
|
|
492,098
|
Cold Winter
|
Northern America
|
Great Basin Desert
|
|
|
Area (km2)
|
Type
|
Location
|
Desert
|
|
453,248
|
Subtropical
|
Central & Northern America
|
Chihuahuan Desert
|
|
350,000
|
Cold Winter
|
Central Asia
|
Karakum Desert
|
|
337,000
|
Subtropical
|
Eastern Asia
|
Taklamakan Desert
|
|
336,700
|
Cold Winter
|
Northern America
|
Colorado Plateau
|
|
310,000
|
Subtropical
|
Central & Northern America
|
Sonoran Desert
|
|
300,000
|
Cold Winter
|
Central Asia
|
Kyzylkum Desert
|
|
256,000
|
Subtropical
|
Eastern Africa
|
Ogaden Desert
|
|
238,254
|
Subtropical
|
Southern Asia
|
Thar Desert
|
|
200,000
|
Subtropical
|
Eastern Africa
|
Puntland Desert
|
|
200,000
|
Temperate
|
Central Asia
|
Ustyurt Desert
|
|