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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.
Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Sahara Desert; Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains
Across the world, around 20% of desert is sand, varying from only 2% in North America to 30% in Australia and over 45% in Central Asia. [20] Where sand does occur, it is usually in large quantities in the form of sand sheets or extensive areas of dunes .
The largest hot desert in the world, the Sahara, covers 9 million square kilometres (3.5 × 10 ^ 6 sq mi) and contains several ergs, such as the Chech Erg and the Issaouane Erg in Algeria. [5] Approximately 85% of all the Earth's mobile sand is found in ergs that are greater than 32,000 km 2 (12,355 sq mi), [ 6 ] the largest being the Rub' al ...
The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) long, and 500 kilometres (310 miles) wide. [4] Its surface elevation varies from 800 metres (2,600 ft) in the southwest to around sea level in the northeast. [5] Most of the terrain is ergs, with sand dunes up to 250 metres (820 ft) high, interspersed with gravel and gypsum plains.
The Sahara (/ s ə ˈ h ɑːr ə /, / s ə ˈ h ær ə /) is a desert spanning across North Africa.With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.
The arid expanses of the Atacama and Sahara Deserts have an almost otherworldly aura. A safari is an incredible way to witness the wonder of Mother Nature up close. And, of course, it’s hard to ...
The Great Sand Sea is an approximately 72,000 km 2 (28,000 sq mi) sand desert (erg) in the Sahara stretched from western Egypt and eastern Libya in North Africa. Most of the area is covered by sand dunes .