Geography: Largest Deserts in the World and their Location

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Geography: Largest Deserts in the World and their Location

Antarctica desert - Antarctica, is the biggest & largest cold desert in the world
Arctic desert - 2nd largest desert in the world. It is a cold desert.
Sahara Desert - Africa, 3rd biggest & largest hot desert spread across 12 different countries
Arabian Desert - Largest in Asia and the second largest hot desert on Earth.
Atacama Desert - South America, is the driest place on Earth
Lut desert - Iran. The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 70.7 °C (159 °F), which was taken in the Lut Desert of Iran
Gobi Desert - China & Mongolia, Asia. The 2nd largest in Asia and the 5th largest in the world.
Namib Desert - Namibia, Angola & South Africa, is the oldest desert in the world
Syrian desert - Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, was formed by lava flows emanating from volcanic activities in the region of Jebel Druze in Syria
Some other large & important deserts include the Thar desert, India, the Kalahari Desert, Africa, the Patagonian Desert, South America, the Great Victoria, Gibson & Simpson Desert, Australia, the Syrian Desert, Middle East and the Great Basin Desert, North America, Dasht e Kavir and Dasht e Lut, Iran

Rank	Name	Place and Country	Type
1	Antarctica	Antarctica	Cold Winter
2	Arctic	Artic	Cold Winter
3	Sahara	North Africa	Subtropical
4	Arabian Desert	Western Asia	Subtropical
5	Gobi Desert	Central Asia (China and Magnolia)	Cold Winter
6	Kalahari Desert	Southern Africa	Subtropical
7	Great Victoria Desert	Australia	Subtropical
8	Patagonian Desert	South America (Argentina and Chile)	Cold Winter
9	Syrian Desert	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan and Syria)	Subtropical
10	Great Basin Desert	United States	Cold Winter
11	Chihuahua Desert	North America (Mexico and USA)	Subtropical
12	Great Sandy Desert	Australia	Subtropical
13	Karakum Desert	Turkmenistan	Cold Winter
14	Colorado Plateau	United States	Cold Winter
15	Sonoran Desert	North America (Mexico and USA)	Sup tropical
16	Kyzyl-Kum Desert	Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)	Cold Winter
17	Taklamakan Desert	China	Cold Winter
18	Thar Desert	South Asia (India and Pakistan)	Subtropical
19	Gibson Desert	Australia	Subtropical
20	Dasht-E Margo	Afghanistan	Subtropical
21	Registan Desert	Afghanistan	Subtropical
22	Simpson Desert	Australia	Subtropical
23	Atacama Desert	South America (Chile and Peru)	Cool Coastal
24	Mojave Desert	United States	Subtropical
25	Namib Desert	Southern Africa (Angola and Namibia)	Cool Coastal
26	Dasht –E Kavir	Iran	Subtropical
27	Dasht – E Loot	Iran	Subtropical