Wednesday 2 May 2012

World's Deserts

Name
Area in Sq. Km
Territories
The Sahara
84,00,000
Algeria Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Sudan,
Tunisia, Egypt, Motocca, etc.
Australian Desert
15,50,000
Australia, Great Victoria, Simpson, etc.
Arabian Desert
13,00,000
Southern Arabia, Iraq, Yamen etc.
The Gobi
10,40,000
Mongolia and China


Kalahari Desert
5,20,000
Botswana


Takla Makan
3,20,000
Sinkiang, China


Sonoran Desert
3,10,000
Arizona and California, U.S.A., and Mexico


Namib Desert
3,10,000
Namibia


Kara Kum
2,70,000
Turkmanistan


Thar Desert
2,60,000
Northwestern India and Pakistan


Somall Desert
2,60,000
Somalia


Atacama Desert
1,80,000
Northern Chile


Kizil Kum
1,80,000
Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan


Dasht-e-Lut
52,000
Eastern Iran


Mojave Desert
35,000
Southern Californis


Desierto De Sechura
26,000
North-West 'Peru'


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