Major Deserts of the World

by - March 27, 2020

Major Deserts of the World


1.sahara


The Sahara is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic. Its area of 9,200,000 square kilometers is comparable to the area of China or the United States.
area - 90,65000 sq km
in countries - Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mali,
Nigel, Sudan, Tunisia, mister (Egypt), Morocco, Libya

2.great sandy dessert


The Great Sandy Desert is an intermediate Australian bioregion, located in the North West of Western Australia, the Pilbara, and southern Kimberley regions.
area - 15,50000 sq km
in the country - Australia

3.arab


The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness in Western Asia. It stretches from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula, with an area of 2,330,000 square kilometers.
area - 13,00,000 sq km
in country - Saudi Arab, Yemen, Syria

4.gobi


The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia. It's known for its dunes, mountains and rare animals such as snow leopards and Bactrian camels. In the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, the Khongoryn Els sand dunes were said to sing the wind blows. The park also features the deep ice field of Yolyn Am canyon. Dinosaur fossils have been found at the Red "Flaming Cliffs" of Bayanzag.
area - 10,40000 sq km
in country - Mongolia, China

5.Kalahari


The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometers, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa.
area - 5,20000
in the country - Botswana

6.taklamakan


The Taklamakan Desert also spelled "Taklimakan" and "Teklimakan", is a desert in the southwest, Xinjiang, Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China.
area - 3,200,000 sq km
in country - china

7.namib


The Namib is a coastal desert in southern Africa. The name is Namib and the "vast place"
area - 3,10000 sq km
in the country - Namibia

8. thar


The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 200,000 km² and forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan.
area - 2,60000
in the country - India (India), Pakistan

9.Atacama


The Atacama Desert is a place in South America, covering a 1000-km strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains.
area - 1,80000 sq km
country - north chili

if u like the post please like and shear

You May Also Like

0 comments