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7 Great Deserts in The World
Sahara Desert, North Africa
The Sahara is the World's largest desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers ( 3;500,000 sq mi ) , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United states or the continent of Europe . The desert stretches from the red sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Arabian Desert, peninsula
Arabian Desert or Eastern Desert has a massive length of 1,305 miles, and stretches all the way from Yemen to Iraq. The Arabian desert is sparsely populated ; most of its inhabitants are based around wells and springs. The name Arabian Desert is also commonly applied to the desert of the Arabian peninsula.
Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico
The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S -Mexico border in the central and northern portions of the Mexican plateau. It has an area of about 140,000 square miles. It is the third largest desert of the western Hemisphere and is second largest in North America, after the great basin desert.
Gobi Desert , Mongolia / N.E China
The Gobi Desert is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern china, and of southern Mongolia This desert is the fifth largest in the world. The Gobi is most notable in history as part of the great Mongol Empire, and as the location of several important cities along the silk road.
Great Basin Desert
The Great Basin is the largest Watershed of North America which does not drain to an ocean. Water within the Great Basin evaporates since outward flow is blocked. The Great Basin includes several metropolitan areas and shoshone Great Basin tribes. A wide variety of animals can be found in the Great Basin desert.
Kara-kum Desert, Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan
The Kara kum Desert, also spelled Gara-Gum is a desert in central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent or 350,000km square , of the area of Turkmenistan. Covering much of present day Turkmenistan, the karakum Desert lies east of the Caspian sea, with the Arial sea to the north and the Amu Darya river and the Kyzyl kum desert to the north east.
Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa
The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa extending 900,000 sq kilometers , covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa , as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains. There are small amounts of rainfall in the kalahari desert and the summer temperature is very high. It usually receives 3-7.5 inches ( 76-190 mm) of rain per year.
The Sahara is the World's largest desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers ( 3;500,000 sq mi ) , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United states or the continent of Europe . The desert stretches from the red sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Arabian Desert, peninsula
Arabian Desert or Eastern Desert has a massive length of 1,305 miles, and stretches all the way from Yemen to Iraq. The Arabian desert is sparsely populated ; most of its inhabitants are based around wells and springs. The name Arabian Desert is also commonly applied to the desert of the Arabian peninsula.
Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico
The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S -Mexico border in the central and northern portions of the Mexican plateau. It has an area of about 140,000 square miles. It is the third largest desert of the western Hemisphere and is second largest in North America, after the great basin desert.
Gobi Desert , Mongolia / N.E China
The Gobi Desert is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern china, and of southern Mongolia This desert is the fifth largest in the world. The Gobi is most notable in history as part of the great Mongol Empire, and as the location of several important cities along the silk road.
Great Basin Desert
The Great Basin is the largest Watershed of North America which does not drain to an ocean. Water within the Great Basin evaporates since outward flow is blocked. The Great Basin includes several metropolitan areas and shoshone Great Basin tribes. A wide variety of animals can be found in the Great Basin desert.
Kara-kum Desert, Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan
The Kara kum Desert, also spelled Gara-Gum is a desert in central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent or 350,000km square , of the area of Turkmenistan. Covering much of present day Turkmenistan, the karakum Desert lies east of the Caspian sea, with the Arial sea to the north and the Amu Darya river and the Kyzyl kum desert to the north east.
Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa
The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa extending 900,000 sq kilometers , covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa , as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains. There are small amounts of rainfall in the kalahari desert and the summer temperature is very high. It usually receives 3-7.5 inches ( 76-190 mm) of rain per year.
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