10 Beautiful Deserts From Around The World

Above are the Sand dunes in the Sahara, near Merzouga, Morocco.

A desert is described as an area of land where little precipitation happens. Deserts are therefore barren lands. The environment is usually not conducive to the survival of plant or animal life.

Deserts can be found on every continent and there are 5 main types of deserts and there are a total of 25 desserts (by area) around the world. Here are some of the most beautiful photos of deserts from around the world!

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Antarctic Desert

Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world. After all, the entire continent is a barren ice land. Located in the Antarctic tundra zone, one of the basic types of terrain, this desert covers an area of 5,500,000 square miles.

Sahara Desert

The most popular desert on the planet is located on the continent of Africa. The Sahara desert occupies an area of over 3,300,000 square miles and stretches across several North African countries. For example, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia.

Gobi Desert

The Gobi desert is found in East Asia (China and Mongolia) and it is home to the popular oasis, The Crescent Moon Oasis. This desert covers an area of 500,000 square miles.

Australian Desert

The Australian desert occupies an area of 2,700,000 square miles. It is the fourth-largest desert in the world by area. It is often referred to as the Outback.

…….. Nein, wir sind noch 80 km vor dem Ayers Rock: Das ist der Monolith noch nicht, sondern erst sein Vorbote, der Mount O’Connor, ein Tafelberg, der in der ersten Begeisterung von Unwissenden gerne für den Ayers Rock gehalten werden will.

Arabian Desert

The Arabian desert is found in the middle east and stretches across Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It covers an area of 900,000 square miles. It is also known as the Eastern Desert.

Patagonian Desert

This South American desert can be found in Argentina and Chile. It covers an area of 200,000 square miles.

Great Basin

This desert covers 190,000 square miles and can be found in the United States between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch mountain ranges. The Great Basin covers a large part of the state of Nevada and extends into western Utah, eastern California, and Idaho.

Arctic Desert

The second-largest desert in the world is another ice land found in the Arctic region in the northern hemisphere of the earth. The Arctic desert covers 5,400,000 square miles and spans Alaska, Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Namib Desert

The Namib desert is found in the Southern African countries of Angola and Namibia. It covers just about 31,000 square miles. This desert has a coast as it is found near the sea.

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Chihuahuan Desert

The Chihuahuan desert occupies areas of Central American (Mexico) and North America (Texas, United States). It covers 175,000 square miles. It’s larger than the state of California.

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