Top 10 largest deserts on the world

Top 10 largest deserts on the world

            Deserts are areas that receive very less amount of precipitation. Any area receiving less that 250 mm of annual precipitation is classified as a desert area.There are hot and dry deserts and cold deserts. World consists of both hot and dry deserts and cold deserts.

Top ten largest deserts map indicates the 10 largest hot and dry deserts present on the earths surface:

1-Sahara

2-Arabian Desert

3-Gobi Desert

4-Kalahari Desert

5-Patagonian Desert

6-Great Victoria Desert

7-Syrian Desert

8-Great Basin Desert

9-Chihuahuan Desert

10-Great Sandy Desert

Rank	Name	Type	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Location
1	Sahara	Subtropical	9,100,000	3,320,000	Algeria, Chad,  Egypt, Eritrea,  Libya, Mali, Mauritania,  Morocco, Niger,  Sudan, Tunisia And Western Sahara
2	Arabian Desert	Subtropical	2,330,000	900,000	Saudi Arabia,  Jordan, Iraq,  Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman  and Yemen
3	Gobi Desert	Cold Winter	1,300,000	500,000	Mongolia and  China
4	Kalahari Desert	Subtropical	900,000	360,000	Angola, Botswana,  Namibia  and South Africa
5	Patagonian Desert	Cold Winter	670,000	260,000	Argentina  and Chile
6	Great Victoria Desert	Subtropical	647,000	250,000	Australia
7	Syrian Desert	Subtropical	520,000	200,000	Syria, Jordan  and Iraq
8	Great Basin Desert	Cold Winter	492,000	190,000	United States
9	Chihuahuan Desert	Subtropical	450,000	175,000	Mexico  and United States
10	Great Sandy Desert	Subtropical	400,000	150,000	Australia

References

List of deserts by area From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deserts_by_area