This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.

Africa

• Kalahari Desert – a desert covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa

• Karoo Desert – a desert covering parts of southern South Africa

• Namib Desert – a desert in present-day Namibia

Danakil Desert – a desert lying in the Afar Triangle and covering northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, southern Djibouti and northwesternmost Somalia

• Eritrean Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the southern part of the coast of Eritrea and the coast of Djibouti

• Guban Desert – a desert lying along the coast of northwestern Somalia

• Grand Bara Desert – a desert covering parts of south Djibouti

• Chalbi Desert – a desert in northern Kenya along the border with Ethiopia

• Nyiri Desert – a desert located in southern Kenya along the border with Tanzania

• Lompoul Desert – a desert lying in northwestern Senegal between Dakar and Saint-Louis

Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising:

• Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad

• Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains

• El Djouf – a desert which covers northeastern Mauritania and parts of northwestern Mali

• Djurab Desert – a desert covering northern central Chad

• Tin-Toumma Desert – a desert covering southeastern Niger, at the south of the Ténéré

Libyan Desert (also called Western Desert) – a desert covering eastern Libya, western Egypt and northwestern Sudan at the west of the Nile River

• White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt

Eastern Desert – a desert covering eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red Sea

• Nubian Desert – a desert covering northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Red Sea

• Bayuda Desert – a desert covering eastern Sudan located just at the southwest of the Nubian Desert

• Sinai Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

• Atlantic Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the western coast of the Sahara Desert and occupies a narrow strip in Western Sahara and Mauritania

Asia

Arabian Desert – desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising:

• Al Khatim Desert – a desert near Abu Dhabi

• Al-Dahna Desert – a desert being the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covering parts of Saudi Arabia

• Empty Quarter () – the world's largest sand desert and covering much of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen

• Nefud Desert – a desert in northern part of the Arabian Peninsula

• Ramlat al-Sab`atayn – a desert in north-central Yemen

• Sharqiya Sands – a desert covering great parts of Oman

• Judaean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and the West Bank

• Negev – a desert located in southern Israel

• Syrian Desert – a desert in Syria, Jordan and Iraq

• Bromo Sand Sea – a volcanic desert in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

• Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran

• Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran

• Polond Desert – a desert in eastern Iran

• Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran

• Katpana Desert – a cold desert in Pakistan

• Sarfaranga Desert – a cold desert in Pakistan

• Indus Valley Desert – a desert in Pakistan

• Kharan Desert – a desert in Pakistan

• Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan

Thar Desert – a desert in India and Pakistan

• Cholistan Desert – a desert in Pakistan

• Dasht-e-Margo – a desert in southwestern Afghanistan

• Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

• Kara Kum – a large desert in Central Asia

• Lop Desert – a desert in China

Ordos – a desert in northern China

• Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China

• Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China

Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China

• Badain Jaran Desert – a desert in China

• Hami Desert – a desert in China

• Tengger Desert – a desert in China

• Taklamakan – a desert located in China

• Gurbantünggüt Desert – a desert located in northwestern China

• Kumtag Desert – a desert in northwestern China

• Karapinar Desert – a desert in Southern Central Anatolia

Europe

Spain

• Bardenas Reales – a semi-arid desert in Navarre, Spain ()

• Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park – an arid desert in Almeria, Spain ()

• Monegros Desert – a semi-arid desert in Aragón, Spain

• Tabernas Desert – an arid and semi-arid desert in Almería, Spain ()

Other European nations

• Oleshky Sands – a sand semi-arid desert in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

• Ryn Desert - a desert in western Kazakhstan and Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

North America

• Chihuahua Desert – a desert in Mexico and the United States

Great Basin Desert

• Black Rock Desert

Mojave Desert – a desert in the United States

• Death Valley

• Red Desert (Wyoming)

Sonoran Desert – a desert in the United States and Mexico

• Colorado Desert

• Gran Desierto de Altar

• Thompson Plateau – a desert in Canada

Oceania

Australia

• Central Desert – a central Australian desert

• Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert

• Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert

• Great Victoria Desert – the biggest desert in Australia

• Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert

• Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert

• Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert

• Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert

South America

• Atacama Desert – a desert in Chile and Peru

• La Guajira Desert – a desert in Colombia and Venezuela

• Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian Desert

• Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina

• Sechura Desert – a desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru

• Jalapão – a desert park in Tocantins, Brazil

Polar regions

Antarctic

Antarctic Desert – the largest desert in the world

• McMurdo Dry Valleys – a series of extremely dry, snow-free valleys in Victoria Land

• Meyer Desert – a small desert close to the South Pole

Arctic

Arctic Desert – the second largest "desert" in the world, though it consists of frozen ocean, land ice, and tundra, so (like the rest of this section) not a desert climate in any conventional sense

North American Arctic – a large tundra in Northern America

• Greenland – mostly covered by land ice, like Antarctica

• Russian Arctic – a large tundra in Russia

Pseudo-deserts

Some geographical features are referred to as "deserts", and this word may even feature in their names, despite not meeting any meteorological definitions for a desert.

• Accona Desert – area of Siena, Italy.

• Barreiro da Faneca – clayey expanse in the Azores.

• Błędowska Desert – area of sands in Poland.

• The Burren – limestone karst in County Clare, Ireland.

• Carcross Desert – sand-dune system in Yukon, Canada.

• Chara Sands – region of Siberia, Russia.

• Deliblatska Peščara – sand expanse in Vojvodina, Serbia.

• Desert of Maine – 40-acre expanse of glacial sand-dunes in Maine, United States.

• Desert of Wales – a large, upland area of Wales.

• Dunas dos Ingleses – sand-dune system in Brazil.

• Dungeness – shingle expanse in South East England, United Kingdom, misleadingly nicknamed "Britain's only desert".

• Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland;

• Joaquina Beach – beach in Brazil.

• Kaʻū Desert – an area of desertification in Hawaii, due to the acid rainfall caused by the nearby Kīlauea volcano.

• Larzac – limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France.

• Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

• Lieberose Desert – a desert on a former military training ground in southern Brandenburg, Germany

• Melnik Desert Canyon – a canyon in Bulgaria.

• Oltenian Sahara – area of desertification in Oltenia, Romania.

• The Stone Desert – rock formation in Bulgaria.

• Red Desert – desert-like region in South Africa.

• Sand dunes of Lemnos – sand-dune expanse on Lemnos, Greece.

• Sands of Đurđevac – sand-dune system in Croatia.

• Sleeping Bear Dunes – lakeshore in Michigan, United States.

• Słowiński National Park – sand-dune expanse in Poland.

• Tottori Sand Dunes – sand-dune system in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

• Chad Basin National Park – desert park in northern Nigeria.

See also

• Desert

• Desertification

• List of deserts by area

• Polar desert

• Tundra

References