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Selected deserts of the world
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Desert
A list of selected deserts of the world is provided in the table.
| name (location) | area | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sq miles | sq km | |||
| Africa |  | Sahara (northern Africa) | 3,320,000 | 8,600,000 |
 | Libyan (Libya, Egypt, and Sudan) | … | … | |
 | Kalahari (southwestern Africa) | 360,000 | 930,000 | |
 | Namib (southwestern Africa) | 52,000 | 135,000 | |
| America, North |  | Great Basin (southwestern U.S.) | 190,000 | 492,000 |
 | Chihuahuan (northern Mexico) | 175,000 | 450,000 | |
 | Sonoran (southwestern U.S. and Baja California) | 120,000 | 310,800 | |
 | Colorado (California, U.S., and northern Mexico) | … | … | |
 | Yuma (Arizona, U.S., and Sonora, Mexico) | … | … | |
 | Mojave (southwestern U.S.) | 25,000 | 65,000 | |
| America, South |  | Patagonian (southern Argentina) | 260,000 | 673,000 |
 | Atacama (northern Chile) | 54,000 | 140,000 | |
| Asia |  | Arabia (southwestern Asia) | 900,000 | 2,300,000 |
 | Rubʿ al-Khali (southern Arabian Peninsula) | 250,000 | 650,000 | |
 | Gobi (Mongolia and northeastern China) | 500,000 | 1,300,000 | |
 | Kyzylkum (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) | 115,000 | 300,000 | |
 | Takla Makan (northern China) | 123,550 | 320,000 | |
 | Karakum (Turkmenistan) | 135,000 | 350,000 | |
 | Kavir (central Iran) | 100,000 | 260,000 | |
 | Syrian (Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq) | 100,000 | 260,000 | |
 | Thar (India and Pakistan) | 77,000 | 200,000 | |
 | Lut (eastern Iran) | 20,000 | 52,000 | |
 | Negev (Israel) | 4,700 | 12,300 | |
| Australia |  | Great Victoria (Western and South Australia) | 250,000 | 647,000 |
| Great Sandy (northern Western Australia) | 150,000 | 400,000 | ||
 | Gibson (Western Australia) | … | … | |
 | Simpson (Northern Territory) | 55,000 | 143,000 | |