List of deserts
This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.
Regions
Africa
- Sahara in north africa – the world's largest hot desert (see Antarctica)
- Kalahari – a desert in southern Africa
- Namibi – a desert located primarily in Southern Africa
Antarctica
- Antarctica – the interior of the continent is the world's largest desert
Asia
- Gobi – a desert in Mongolia
- Taklamakan – a desert located in China
- Ordos – a desert in northern China
- Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert
- Kyzyl Kum – a desert located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Thar- Cholistan – a desert in India and Pakistan
- Dasht-e Lut - a large salt desert in southeastern Iran.
- Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in center of Iran
Australia
- Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
- Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
- Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert
- Western Desert – a desert located in western Australia, comprising the Gibson, Great Sandy, and Little Sandy deserts
New Zealand
- Rangipo Desert – a barren high altitude desert on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
Europe
- Hálendi – a region of Iceland and Europe's largest desert
- Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Deliblatska Peščara – a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia
- Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80.000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia
- Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain.
- Accona Desert - a desert in Tuscany, Italy
Middle East
- 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 in the West Bank
- Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
- Desert of Sin / Zin Desert (Bible usage) – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula
North America
- Great Basin Desert – the largest desert in North America, located in the western United States
- Mojave Desert – a desert located primarily in southeastern California
- Chihuahuan Desert – the second largest desert in North America, in the United States and Mexico
- Sonoran Desert – a desert located in the United States and Mexico
South America
- Patagonian Desert – the largest desert by area in the Americas, located in Argentina
- La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia and some of northwestern Venezuela
- Atacama – a desert in Chile, the driest place on Earth
- Sechura Desert – a desert located along a portion of the northwestern coast of South America
- Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian