Can you name these 55 major deserts?
This is by no means an exhaustive list (turns out it's hard to create a definitive list of 'deserts', so this is more of a list of ones you should *reasonably* know)
Deserts and map largely based off of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deserts and the WWF Ecoregions
How many bodies of water can you identify? Try to name these large and/or historically significant Oceans, Seas, Bays, Gulfs, Straits, Channels, Passages, Canals, Lakes, etc...
Caatinga is not a "major desert", rather a semi-arid, thorny scrub forest or tropical dry forest in South America. Cayman Islands are not a desert. They are a tropical, and lush territory island located in the Caribbean, characterized by mangrove swamps, palm trees, and coral reefs.
Though the Caatinga does have some forestation, an environment like that is fairly common for deserts (take the Great Karoo, Spiny Forests, and Columbia Plateau, which are even more forested) and I've found it's typically described as a desert as well.
In the case of the Caymans, it was hard to determine if they should be considered a desert, but I followed the WWF, who classified them as a desert. Looking back, that decision was questionable, so I'll get that corrected.
In the case of the Caymans, it was hard to determine if they should be considered a desert, but I followed the WWF, who classified them as a desert. Looking back, that decision was questionable, so I'll get that corrected.