Top 10 Largest Deserts in the World

1. Antarctic Desert

Antarctica is the Largest Desert and Cold Desert in the World covers Area about 13,829,430 square kilometers, over 98% of the Antarctic is covered in Ice with 1.6 km in thickness. The Antarctic locate in South Pole, when its warming in the season the ice caps melts and most of the Place becomes Desert. The Average Temperature in the Antarctic is around -85° C in the winter and 10° C in the summer.
Antarctic Desert
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2. Arctic Desert

This is the Polar region located on the North Pole (Northern Part of the Earth), arctic is the second largest Desert on the Earth covered Area of 13,726,937 square kilometers. Arctic receives temperature -40° C in the winter and around 15° C in the summer.
Artctic Desert

The Following Deserts are the Largest Hot Desert in the World.

3. Sahara Desert

Sahara is the Largest Hot Desert in the World according to total Area covered about 9,400,000 square km, and located in the region of Africa and it stretched through 13 countries. Climate is in this Land enormous variation that very hot and warm in air in the daytime and cold at night.
Sahara Desert

4. Arabian Desert

Arabian Desert located in the West of Asia that stretches on gulf countries, Jordan and Iraq with area Covers 2,330,000 square km (length- 2,100 km and width-1,100 km). Arabian Desert almost near to Sahara Desert and the Climate is hot and warm air.
Arabian Desert
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5. The Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert is located in Northwestern of China and Southern of Mongolia and it stretched 1,300,000 square km and 1,500 km in length, 800 km in width. Temperature in Gobi wandering from –40°C in winter to +50°C in summer.
Gobi Desert
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6. Kalahari Desert

The Kalahari Desert is located Africa and covering most part of Botswana, some parts of Namibia and South Africa and stretches Area about 900,000 square km, the temperature in the summer ranges from 20° to 45° C and receives average 175 to 250 millimeters of rainfall in the year.
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7. Patagonian Desert

The Patagonian Desert is the largest desert in Americas, located in Southern part of South America and the Deserts stretches land in Argentina and Chile with the total area of 673,000 square km.
Patagonian Desert
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8. Great Victoria Desert

The Great Victoria Desert is located in Australia and largest in Australia that comprises Grassland Plains, Small Sand hills and Salt Lakes, the desert covers an area of 647,000 square km and the temperature range from average 36° C in the summer and falls average 21° C in winter.
Great Victoria Desert
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9. Syrian Desert

Syrian Desert is located in Middle East which covers portions of Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia and stretched its Area about 520,000 square km. The desert consists rocky and flat.
Syrian Desert
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10. Great Basin Desert

The Great Basin Desert is the largest Desert in USA and bordered some part on Escalante Desert in East and Mojave Desert in South, and covering area of 492,000 square Km.

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