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DESERTS OF THE WORLD (FACTS)

Deserts are areas which receive less than 25 cm of rain in an year.

About 1/3rd of Earth's land surface is covered by deserts.
The largest desert is Antarctica.

The largest hot desert is the Sahara Desert.
Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world.

Europe is the only continent which does not have any major Desert

Name of the Extends into countries
Desert
Sahara Desert Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania,
Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia

Atacama Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
Kalahari Desert Botswana, Namibia, South Africa

Arabian Desert Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
UAE, Yemen

Gobi Desert Mongolia, China
Great Victoria Australia
Desert

Patagonian Desert Argentina, Chile
Thar Desert India, Pakistan

Takla Makan Desert China

Syrian Desert Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Iraq
Chihuahuan Desert Mexico, United States

Great Basin Desert United States
Mojave Desert United States

Karakum Desert Turkmenistan