What is called a desert or a desert?
Desert is said to be such geographical areas where the rainfall (sum of rainfall and snowfall) is much less than other areas. Often (mistakenly) sandy desert plains are called desert which is wrong. It is another matter that the region with the lowest rainfall in India (Thar) is a sandy plain. The desert (area with less rainfall) need not be sandy. It is also not necessary for the desert to be hot. The Antarctic, which is a snow-covered region, is the largest desert in the world. There are many such deserts in other countries of the world which are not sandy. Types of deserts: Deserts can be classified on the basis of rainfall, average temperature, number of days without rain (or snow) in the year, etc. The Thar Desert of India is a tropical desert, due to which it is also sandy. From the point of view of waterfall: The combination of rain and snow is called waterfall. If the waterfall of an area is less than 200 mm, then it is a type of region. Similarly, an area up to 250-500 mm can be kept in a separate category. Similarly other areas can also be classified. From the point of view of temperature: These regions can also be classified in terms of temperature.
- Tropical desert
- Sub-tropical desert
- Cold Tropical desert
List of major deserts of the world:
| Name | Country | Area (Km.) |
| Sahara Desert | North Africa | 90,65,000 |
| Libyan Desert | North Africa | 16,83,500 |
| Australian Desert | Australia | 15,54,000 |
| Great Victoria Desert | Australia | 3,38,000 |
| Atacama Desert | Northern Chile | 1,80,000 |
| Pentagonian Desert | Argentina | 6,73,000 |
| Syrian Desert | Arabia | 3,23,800 |
| Arabian Desert | Arabia | 2,30,00,00 |
| Gobi Desert | Mongolia | 10,36,000 |
| Rab Aal Khali Desert | Arabia | 6,47,500 |
| Kalahari Desert | Botswana | 5,18,000 |
| Great Sandy Desert | Australia | 3,40,000 |
| Takala Makan Desert | China | 3,27,000 |
| Arunta Desert | Australia | 310800 |
| Karakum Desert | South-West Turkestan | 2,97,900 |
| Nubian Desert | North Africa | 2,59,000 |
| Thar Desert | North-Western India | 2,59,000 |
| Kizilkul Desert | Central Turkestan | 2,33,100 |
| Tanami Desert | Australia | 37,500 |
| Negev Desert | Israel | 12,170 |
| Mojave Desert | America | - |
| The Great Basin Desert | US | 4,09,000 |
| Namib Desert | Namibia | 1,35,000 |
| Death Valley Desert | Eastern California | - |
| Chihohua Desert | North America | 5,18,000 |
| Simpson Desert | Australia | 170,000 |
| Gibson Desert | Western Australia | 156,000 |
| Mongolia desert | Between Asia and Russia | 10,00,000 |
| Nubian Desert | Sudan | - |
| Mojave Desert | United States | - |
| Kalahari Desert | South-West Africa | 90,00,000 |
| Atacama Desert | Chile | 1,05,000 |
| Rub-al-Khali Desert | Saudi Arabia | - |
| Sonoran Desert | Mexico |
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Major Deserts of The World FAQs:
The largest desert in the world is the Sahara desert. It is also the largest hot desert in the world, where temperatures are extremely high and some areas have little natural vegetation and lack permanent water sources.
The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, spread over 1,600 km in China and Mongolia, and the fifth largest desert in the world.
A desert is that part of the earth where the annual year is less than 25 years. Deserts are arid or semi-arid. The trade wind belts are found between 15⁰ to 30⁰ north or south of the equator (Equator) west of the frozen continents.
The name of the Indian desert is "Thar Desert". The Thar Desert is located in the Indian subcontinent and is spread between India and Pakistan. It is a vast hot desert characterized by the presence of exclusively desert life and vegetation.
The Great Victoria is Australia's largest desert, and includes many small sand hills, grasslands, areas of pebble-filled surface (called desert pavement or gibber plains), and salt lakes.