List of deserts



This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.

Africa



 * Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
 * Karoo Desert – a desert covering parts of southern South Africa
 * Namib Desert – a desert in present-day Namibia
 * Danakil Desert – a desert lying in the Afar Triangle and covering northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, southern Djibouti and northwesternmost Somalia
 * Eritrean Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the southern part of the coast of Eritrea and the coast of Djibouti
 * Guban Desert – a desert lying along the coast of northwestern Somalia
 * Grand Bara Desert – a desert covering parts of south Djibouti
 * Chalbi Desert – a desert in northern Kenya along the border with Ethiopia
 * Nyiri Desert – a desert located in southern Kenya along the border with Tanzania
 * Lompoul Desert – a desert lying in northwestern Senegal between Dakar and Saint-Louis
 * Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising:
 * Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western ChadMoonlight in the Sahara.jpg]]
 * Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains
 * El Djouf – a desert which covers northeastern Mauritania and parts of northwestern Mali
 * Djurab Desert – a desert covering northern central Chad
 * Tin-Toumma Desert – a desert covering southeastern Niger, at the south of the Ténéré
 * Libyan Desert (also called Western Desert) – a desert covering eastern Libya, western Egypt and northwestern Sudan at the west of the Nile River
 * White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt
 * Eastern Desert – a desert covering eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red Sea
 * Nubian Desert – a desert covering northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red Sea
 * Bayuda Desert – a desert covering eastern Sudan located just at the southwest of the Nubian Desert
 * Sinai Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
 * Atlantic Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the western coast of the Sahara Desert and occupies a narrow strip in Western Sahara and Mauritania

Asia

 * Arabian Desert – desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising:
 * Al Khatim Desert – a desert near Abu Dhabi
 * Al-Dahna Desert – a desert being the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia
 * Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen
 * Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of the Arabian Peninsula
 * Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a desert in north-central Yemen
 * Wahiba Sands – a desert covering great parts of OmanIsrael-2013-Aerial 00-Negev-Makhtesh Ramon.jpg]]
 * Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank
 * Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
 * Bromo Sand Sea – a volcanic desert in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
 * Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran
 * Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
 * Polond Desert – a desert in eastern Iran
 * Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
 * Katpana Desert – a cold desert in Pakistan
 * Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan
 * Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan
 * Syrian desert – a desert located in Syria, Jordan and Iraq
 * Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan
 * Thar Desert – a desert in India and PakistanBayanzag.jpg in Mongolia]]
 * Cholistan Desert – a desert in Pakistan
 * Dasht-e-Margo – a desert in southwestern Afghanistan
 * Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
 * Kara Kum – a large desert in Central Asia
 * Lop Desert – a desert in China
 * Ordos – a desert in northern China
 * Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China
 * Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China
 * Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China
 * Badain Jaran Desert – a desert in China
 * Hami Desert – a desert in China
 * Tengger Desert – a desert in China
 * Taklamakan – a desert located in China
 * Gurbantünggüt Desert – a desert located in northwestern China
 * Kumtag Desert – a desert in northwestern China
 * Karapinar Desert – a desert in Southern Central Anatolia

Spain

 * Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km2)
 * Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert in Almeria, Spain (460 km2)
 * Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain
 * Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain (280 km2)

Other European nations

 * Oltenian Sahara - a desert in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania
 * Oleshky Sands – a sand desert in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

North America



 * Chihuahua Desert – a desert in Mexico and the United States
 * Great Basin Desert
 * Black Rock Desert
 * Death Valley
 * Mojave Desert – a desert in the United States
 * Red Desert (Wyoming)
 * Sonoran Desert – a desert in the United States and Mexico
 * Colorado Desert
 * Gran Desierto de Altar
 * Thompson Plateau – a desert in Canada

Australia



 * Central Desert – a central Australian desert
 * Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
 * Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
 * Great Victoria Desert – the biggest desert in Australia
 * Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
 * Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
 * Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
 * Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert

South America



 * Atacama Desert – a desert in Chile and Peru
 * La Guajira Desert – a desert in Colombia and Venezuela
 * Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert
 * Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina
 * Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru
 * Jalapão – a desert park in Tocantins, Brazil

Antarctic

 * Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in the world
 * McMurdo Dry Valleys – a series of extremely dry, snow-free valleys in Victoria Land
 * Meyer Desert – a small desert close to the South Pole

Arctic

 * Arctic Desert – the second largest "desert" in the world, though it consists of frozen ocean, land ice, and tundra, so (like the rest of this section) not a desert climate in any conventional sense
 * North American Arctic – a large tundra in Northern America
 * Greenland – mostly covered by land ice, like Antarctica
 * Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia

Pseudo-deserts
Some geographical features are referred to as "deserts", and this word may even feature in their names, despite not meeting any meteorological definitions for a desert.


 * Accona Desert – area of Siena, Italy.
 * Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in the Azores.
 * Błędowska Desert – area of sands in Poland.
 * The Burren – limestone karst in County Clare, Republic of Ireland.
 * Carcross Desert – sand-dune system in Yukon, Canada.
 * Chara Sands – region of Siberia, Russia.
 * Deliblatska Peščara – sand expanse in Vojvodina, Serbia.
 * Desert of Maine – 40-acre expanse of glacial sand-dunes in Maine, United States.
 * Desert of Wales – a large, upland area of Wales.
 * Dunas dos Ingleses – sand-dune system in Brazil.
 * Dungeness – shingle expanse in South East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert".
 * Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland;
 * Joaquina Beach – beach in Brazil.
 * Kaʻū Desert – an area of desertification in Hawaii, due to the acid rainfall caused by the nearby Kīlauea volcano.
 * Larzac – limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France.
 * Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
 * Lieberose Desert - a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany
 * Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria.
 * Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania.
 * The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria.
 * Red Desert – desert-like region in South Africa.
 * Sand dunes of Lemnos – sand-dune expanse on Lemnos, Greece.
 * Sands of Đurđevac – sand-dune system in Croatia.
 * Sleeping Bear Dunes – lakeshore in Michigan, United States.
 * Słowiński National Park – sand-dune expanse in Poland.
 * Tottori Sand Dunes – sand-dune system in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
 * Chad Basin National Park – desert park in northern Nigeria.