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Little Sandy Desert: Western Australia 111,500 km 2: 43,100 sq mi 6 1.5% Strzelecki Desert: New South Wales Queensland South Australia 80,250 km 2: 30,980 sq mi 7 1.0% Sturt Stony Desert: Queensland South Australia 29,750 km 2: 11,490 sq mi 8 0.3% Tirari Desert: South Australia 15,250 km 2: 5,890 sq mi 9 0.2% Pedirka Desert: South Australia ...
Toggle Europe subsection. 3.1 Spain. 3.2 Other European nations. 4 North America. 5 Oceania. ... Tanami Desert in Australia. Central Desert – a central Australian ...
This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). Some of Earth 's biggest non-polar deserts
The Nama Karoo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. [8] The Chihuahuan desert and Central Mexican matorral are the richest deserts in the Neotropics. [9] The Carnarvon xeric shrublands of Australia are a regional center for endemism. [1] The Sonoran and Baja deserts of Mexico are unusual desert communities dominated by giant ...
Australia consists of six states, two major mainland territories, and other minor territories. The states are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. The two major mainland territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Western Australia is the largest state ...
NASA - Visible Earth, the Great Victoria Desert is in the center of the image, north of the Nullarbor Plain. The Great Victoria is the largest desert in Australia, [2] and consists of many small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of pebbles (called desert pavement or gibber plains), and salt lakes.
Deserts of South Australia (2 C, 11 P) Deserts of the Northern Territory (1 C, 4 P) Deserts of Victoria (state) (3 P) Deserts of Western Australia (3 C, 7 P)
Deserts occupy about one third of Earth's land surface. [6] Bottomlands may be salt-covered flats. Eolian processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes. Polar deserts (also seen as "cold deserts") have similar features, except the main form of precipitation is snow rather than rain.