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Arabian Desert
The Arabian Desert, the largest desert in Asia, covering an area of about 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 square km).
The Arabian Desert occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula.1
While the peninsula has a total area of approximately 1,200,000 square miles (3,100,000 square km), the Arabian Desert itself covers an area of about 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 square km). This vast region is characterized by its shared interior of desert, which serves as a defining geographic feature of the peninsula.12