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Tanami Desert: Northern Territory Western Australia 184,500 km 2: 71,200 sq mi 3 2.4% Simpson Desert: Northern Territory Queensland South Australia 176,500 km 2: 68,100 sq mi 4 2.3% Gibson Desert: Western Australia 156,000 km 2: 60,000 sq mi 5 2.0% Little Sandy Desert: Western Australia 111,500 km 2: 43,100 sq mi 6 1.5% Strzelecki Desert: New ...
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
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 ...
Australia Central Ranges xeric scrub: Australia Gibson Desert: Australia Great Sandy-Tanami desert: Australia Great Victoria Desert: Australia Nullarbor Plain xeric shrublands: Australia Pilbara shrublands: Australia Simpson Desert: Australia Tirari–Sturt stony desert: Australia Western Australian mulga shrublands: Australia
Climate map of Australia. By far the largest part of Australia is arid or semi-arid. A total of 18% of Australia's mainland consists of named deserts, [20] while additional areas are considered to have a desert climate based on low rainfall and high temperature. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately ...
The largest of these deserts are found in Central Asia. Others occur on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, the eastern side of the southern Andes and in southern Australia. [11] Polar deserts are a particular class of cold desert.
Representative deserts include the Sahara Desert in North Africa, the Australian Desert in Western and Southern Australia, Arabian Desert and Syrian Desert in Western Asia, the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa, Sonoran Desert in the United States and Mexico, Mojave Desert in the United States, Thar Desert in India and Pakistan, Dasht-e Margo ...
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)