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Alxa Plateau, southernmost portion of the Gobi (desert), occupying about 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 square......
Arabian Desert, great desert region of extreme southwestern Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula.......
Atacama Desert, cool, arid region in northern Chile, 600 to 700 miles (1,000 to 1,100 km) long from north to south.......
Betpaqdala, desert in eastern Kazakhstan, situated west of Lake Balqash. It has an area of about 29,000 square......
Black Rock Desert, arid region of lava beds and alkali flats composing part of the Basin and Range Province and......
Bonneville Salt Flats, stretch of barren salt flats covering about 100 square miles (260 square km) in Tooele county,......
Chott El-Chergui, shallow saline lake or salt flat in the High Plateaus (Hauts Plateaux) of the Atlas Mountains......
Coipasa Salt Flat, salt flat, in the arid but colourful Altiplano of Bolivia, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest......
Colorado Desert, part of the Sonoran Desert, extending southeastward for 164 miles (264 km) from the San Gorgonio......
Al-Dahnāʾ, great arc of reddish sandy desert, central Saudi Arabia, extending about 800 miles (1,300 km) southward......
Eastern Desert, large desert in eastern Egypt. Originating just southeast of the Nile River delta, it extends southeastward......
Etosha Pan, extremely flat salt pan, northern Namibia, covering an area of approximately 1,900 square miles (4,800......
Lake Eyre, great salt lake in central South Australia, with a total area of 4,281 square miles (11,088 square km).......
Gibson Desert, arid zone in the interior of Western Australia. The desert lies south of the Tropic of Capricorn......
Gobi, great desert and semidesert region of Central Asia. The Gobi (from Mongolian gobi, meaning “waterless place”)......
Great Sandy Desert, arid wasteland of northern Western Australia that is Australia’s second largest desert, after......
Great Victoria Desert, arid wasteland in southern Australia that is Australia’s largest desert. A vast expanse......
Joshua Tree National Park, desert and wilderness area in southern California, U.S. It is situated just east of......
Rann of Kachchh, large area of saline mudflats located in west-central India and southern Pakistan. It is made......
Kalahari Desert, large basinlike plain of the interior plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana,......
Karakum Desert, great sandy region in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent of the area of Turkmenistan. Another,......
Kaukauveld, westward extension of the Kalahari (desert) in Namibia and extreme northwestern Botswana, locally called......
Kavīr Desert, great salt desert of north-central Iran. Located in a basin southeast of the Elburz Mountains, it......
Kyzylkum Desert, desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It has an area of about 115,000 square miles (about 300,000......
Libyan Desert, northeastern portion of the Sahara, extending from eastern Libya through southwestern Egypt into......
Lop Nur, former saline lake in northwestern China that is now a salt-encrusted lake bed. It lies within the Tarim......
Lūt Desert, desert in eastern Iran. It stretches about 200 miles (320 km) from northwest to southeast and is about......
Marusthali, sand-dune-covered eastern portion of the Great Indian (Thar) Desert in western Rajasthan state, northwestern......
Mojave Desert, arid region of southeastern California and portions of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, U.S. It was named......
Moçâmedes Desert, desert, southwestern Africa, extending north along the Atlantic coast of Angola from the Angola-Namibia......
Al-Nafūd, desert region, northern Saudi Arabia, a portion of the larger Arabian Desert. It lies at an average elevation......
Namib, a cool coastal desert extending for 1,200 miles (1,900 km) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Namibe......
Negev, arid region in the southern part of Israel and occupying almost half of Palestine west of the Jordan River......
North American Desert, vast, irregular belt of inhospitable terrain that stretches north to south down the western......
Nubian Desert, desert in northeastern Sudan. It is separated from the Libyan Desert by the Nile River valley to......
Nyiri Desert, desert, south-central Kenya. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) east of Lake Magadi and near the northern......
Painted Desert, section of the high plateau in north-central and northeast-central Arizona, U.S. The Painted Desert......
Petrified Forest National Park, desert area containing plant and animal fossils and archaeological sites in eastern......
Rajasthan Steppe, desert in west-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The steppe has an area of about 54,800......
Rubʿ al-Khali, vast desert region in the southern Arabian Peninsula, constituting the largest portion of the Arabian......
Rīgestān, (Persian: “country of sand”), arid plateau region in southwestern Afghanistan. Rīgestān is, for the greater......
Sahara, (from Arabic ṣaḥrāʾ, “desert”) largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures......
Searles Lake, playa in San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S. Lying to the west of the southern edge......
Simpson Desert, largely uninhabited arid region covering some 55,000 square miles (143,000 square km) in central......
Sirtica, sandy desert region that is essentially a northward extension of the Sahara (desert), north-central Libya;......
Sonoran Desert, arid region covering 120,000 square miles (310,800 square km) in southwestern Arizona and southeastern......
Syrian Desert, arid wasteland of southwestern Asia, extending northward from the Arabian Peninsula over much of......
Takla Makan Desert, great desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. The Takla Makan......
Tanezrouft, region of the Sahara lying in southern Algeria and northern Mali. Covering part of a plateau eastward......
Thar Desert, arid region of rolling sand hills on the Indian subcontinent. It is located partly in Rajasthan state,......
Ténéré, physiographic region of the Sahara extending from northeastern Niger into western Chad. Comprising the......
Uyuni Salt Flat, arid windswept salt flat in southwestern Bolivia. It lies on the Altiplano, at 11,995 feet (3,656......
Yuma Desert, arid part of the Sonoran Desert. It lies south of the Gila River and east of the Colorado River in......
Āl Wahībah Dunes, sandy desert, east-central Oman. It fronts the Arabian Sea on the southeast and stretches along......
Wadi Al-ʿArabah, topographic depression in southern Palestine extending about 100 miles (160 km) south from the......