largest Deserts

Serial no.

Name

Approximate area in sq km

Territories

1.

Sahara

8,400,000

Algeria, chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Embraces the Libyan Desert (1,550,000 sq km) and the Nubian Desert (260,000 sq km)

2.

Australian

1,550,000

Australia, Embraces the Great Sandy or Warburton (420,000 sq km), Great Victoria (325,000 sq km), Simpson or Arunta (310,000 sq km), Gibson(220,000 sq km) and Sturt deserts

3.

Arabian Desert

1,300.000

Southern Arabia, Saudi Arabia Yemen, includes the Ar Rab’al Khali or Empty Quarter(647,500 sq km), Syrian(325,000 sq km) and An Nafud (129,500 sq km)

4.

Gobi

1,040,000

Mongolia and China (Inner Mogolia)

5.

Kalahari Desert

520,000

Botswana

6.

Takla Makan

320,000

Sinkiang, China

7.

Sonoran desert

310,000

Arizona and California, USA and Mexico

8.

Namib Desert

310,000

South-west Africa (Namibia)

9.

Kara Kum

270,000

Turkmenistan, CIS

10.

Thar Desert

260,000

North-western India and Pakistan