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Deserts by Clue

Given clues, name the world desert
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Last updated: April 23, 2026
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Desert
1) The worlds largest hot desert,
covering parts of 11 countries
Sahara
2) Large remote desert in western
China and Mongolia
Gobi
3) Covers much of remote Botswana
and parts of Namibia and South Africa
Kalahari
4) Very hot desert covering a vast part
of southern CA, NV and parts of AZ
Mojave
5) Covers almost the entirety of
the Middle Eastern peninsula
Arabian
6) Remote, arid desert covering a vast
region of South and Western Australia
Great Victoria
7) Located in northern Chile, it is the
driest non-polar desert on Earth
Atacama
8) Covers parts of northwestern Mexico,
Arizona, and parts of Baja California
Sonoran
9) Covering parts of NV, UT, CA and
OR, it is the largest cold desert in the US
Great Basin
10) Located in the 4 corners region of the
US, its known for its colorful rock formations
Painted
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Desert
11) This national park in New Mexico is an
arid region of gypsum crystal sands
White Sands
12) High elevation desert covering parts of
TX, NM and northern Mexico
Chihuahuan
13) Located in coastal southern Africa, it is
the worlds oldest desert
Namib
14) Central Asian desert where the famous
"door to hell" gas crater is located
Karakum
15) Known as the worlds largest polar desert,
it reaches extremes of -90C
Antarctic
16) Remote steppe desert in southern Argentina,
bounded by the Andes range
Patagonian
17) Covers parts of Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
and the country its named for
Syrian
18) Remote area of NW China bounded by
several mountain ranges of southern Xinjiang
Taklamakan
19) Arid desert covering parts of NW India and
the border with Pakistan
Thar
20) Vast plateau covering southern Ethiopia and
parts of Somalia
Ogaden
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