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Important Deserts of the World
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Sahara desert
It is the world hottest and third largest desert after the Antarctic Desert and the Arctic Desert. It is 94,00,000 sq. km. in area and covers most of North Africa such as Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.
Arabian desert It is the fourth largest desert in the world. It is 23,30,000 sq. km. in area. It makes up part of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Gobi desert It is the fifth largest desert in the world. It is 13,00,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of China and Mongolia.
Kalahari desert It is the sixth largest desert in the world. It is 9,00,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Patagonian desert It is the seventh largest desert in the world. It is 6,70,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Argentina and Chile.
Great Victoria desert It is the eight largest desert in the world. It is 6,47,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Australia.
Syrian Desert It is the ninth largest desert in the world. It is 5,20,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
Great Basin Desert It is the tenth largest desert in the world. It is 4,92,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of United States.
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