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What are Deserts ?
A land area that is barren and where little precipitation occurs is known as desert. Any area that receives less than 10 inches or 250 millimetres of precipitation is classified as a desert.
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Largest Deserts In The World

As already mentioned, Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world, it is located in the southern hemisphere in the continent of Antarctica. It expands across 14,000,000 kilometres(5,500,000 square miles).
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Do you know which is the largest desert of India?
Thar Desert is the largest desert in India also known as the Great Indian desert; forms a natural boundary line between India and Pakistan.
Similarly, the table below gives the list of 25 largest deserts in the world with its size and type along with its location in the world.
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List of Largest deserts in the World
Important Deserts	Type of desert	Location	Area (sq mi)	Area (km²)
Antarctica	Polar ice and tundra	Antarctica	5500000	14000000
Arctic	Polar ice and tundra	Northern America (Alaska, Canada and Greenland) Northern Europe (Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) Eastern Europe (European Russia) North Asia (Siberia)	5400000	13985000
Sahara	Subtropical	North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia) West Africa (Mali, Mauritania and Niger) Middle Africa (Chad) East Africa (Eritrea)	3,300,000	9,000,000
Australian Desert	Subtropical	Australia	1000000	2700000
Arabian Desert	Subtropical	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen)	900000	2,330,000
Gobi Desert	Cold Winter	East Asia (China and Mongolia)	500000	1295000
Kalahari Desert	Subtropical	Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) Middle Africa (Angola)	360000	900,000
Patagonian Desert	Cold Winter	South America (Argentina and Chile)	200000	620000
Syrian Desert	Subtropical	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria)	200000	520,000
Great Basin	Cold Winter	United States	190000	492,000
Chihuahuan Desert	Subtropical	Central America (Mexico) Northern America (United States)	175000	450,000
Karakum Desert	Cold Winter	Turkmenistan	135000	350,000
Colorado Plateau	Cold Winter	United States	130000	337,000
Sonoran Desert	Subtropical	Central America (Mexico) Northern America (United States)	120000	310,000
Kyzylkum Desert	Cold Winter	Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)	115000	300,000
Taklamakan Desert	Cold Winter	China	105000	270000
Thar Desert	Subtropical	Indian Subcontinent (India and Pakistan)	77000	200,000
Dasht-e Margo	Subtropical	Afghanistan	58000	150000
Registan Desert	Subtropical	Afghanistan	56400	146000
Atacama Desert	Mild Coastal	South America (Chile and Peru)	54000	140,000
Mojave Desert	Subtropical	United States	48000	124,000
Columbia Basin	Cold Winter	United States	32100	83,100
Namib Desert	Cool Coastal	Southern Africa (Namibia) Middle Africa (Angola)	31000	81,000
Dasht-e Kavir	Subtropical	Iran	30000	77,000
Dasht-e Loot	Subtropical	Iran	20100	52,000

List of Deserts in the World Ranked on the basis of Area

Rank	Desert	Location
1.	Antarctica	Antarctica
2.	Arctic	Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia
3.	Sahara	Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia
4.	Arabian Desert	Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
5.	Gobi Desert	Mongolia and China
6.	Kalahari Desert	Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
7.	Great Victoria Desert	Australia
8.	Patagonian Desert	Argentina and Chile
9.	Syrian Desert	Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
10.	Great Basin Desert	United States
11.	Chihuahuan Desert	Mexico and United States
12.	Great Sandy Desert	Australia
13.	Karakum Desert	Turkmenistan
14.	Colorado Plateau	United States
15.	Sonoran Desert	Mexico and United States
16.	Kyzylkum Desert	Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
17.	Taklamakan Desert	China
18.	Thar Desert	India, Pakistan
19.	Gibson Desert	Australia
20.	Dasht-e Margo	Afghanistan
21.	Registan Desert	Afghanistan
22.	Simpson Desert	Australia
23.	Atacama Desert	Chile and Peru
24.	Mojave Desert	United States
25.	Namib Desert	Angola and Namibia

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List of Deserts, their Type and Location
Here you can find the list of deserts of the world, their type and their location. A desert can be defined as a barren area of land where very little rainfall occurs. The lack of vegetation makes the living conditions hostile for animal life.

Type of Desert	Name of Deserts	Location
Hot Desert	Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria, Simpson, Gibson, Tanami	Australia
Hot Desert	Arabian Desert	Arabian Peninsula
Hot Desert	Chihuahuan	Mexico/ USA Border
Hot Desert	Kalahari	Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Hot Desert	Mojave	United States
Hot Desert	Monte	Argentina
Hot Desert	Sahara	Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Hot Desert	Sonoran	United States, Mexico
Hot Desert	Thar	India, Pakistan
Coastal Desert	Atacama	Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
Cold and Hot Desert	Gobi	Mongolia, China
Cold and Hot Desert	Namib	Africa
Cold and Hot Desert	Taklamakan	China
Cold Desert	Patagonian	Argentina, Chile
Semi-arid Desert	Great Basin	United States