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Deserts of the World List Pdf Deserts of the world list pdf Continue What is the biggest desert in the world? The Antarctic desert is the largest desert in the world in its size. Deserts in the world is an important topic for the sharing of general awareness of various government exams or other competitive exams. What are deserts? An area that is barren and where little rainfall occurs is known as the desert. Any area that receives less than 10 inches or 250 millimeters of rain is classified as desert. You can find out more about desertification here. Candidates can expect 1 to 2 questions from this topic on exams, which certainly makes it important for them to go through the list of important deserts in the world. The list of the largest deserts in the world is also available for PDF download for the convenience of candidates. The world's largest desert PDF:-Download PDF Here is the largest desert in the world As mentioned, the Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world, it is located in the southern hemisphere on the continent of Antarctica. It expands by 14,000,000 km (5,500,000 square miles). Did you know what is the largest desert in India? The Tar Desert is the largest desert in India, also known as the Great Indian Desert; forms a natural border between India and Pakistan. Similarly, the table below lists the 25 largest deserts in the world with its size and type along with its location in the world. List of the world's largest deserts Important Desert Type Desert Area Location (sq.m) Area (km2) Antarctica Polar Ice and Tundra Antarctica 5500,000 140000000 Arctic Polar Ice and Tundra North America (Alaska, Canada and Greenland) Northern Europe (Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) Eastern Europe (European Russia) North Asia (Siberia) 54000000 13985000 Sahara Subtropical North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco , Sudan and Tunisia) West Africa (Mali) , Mauritania and Niger) Middle Africa (Chad) East Africa (Eritrea) 3,300,000 9,000,000 Australian Desert Subtropical Australia 1000,000 2700,000 Arabian Desert Subtropical West Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) 900,000 2,330,000 Gobi Desert Cold Winter East Asia (China and Mongolia) 500,000 1295,000 Kalahari Desert Subtropical Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) Central Africa (Africa) Middle Africa (Africa) Angola) 360,000 900,000 Patagonian Desert Cold Winter South America (Argentina and Chile) 200,000 620,000 Syrian Desert Subtropical West Asia (Iraq , Jordan, and Syria) 200,000 520,000 Large pool Cold Winter United States 190,000 492000 Chihuahua Desert Subtropical Central America (Mexico) North America (United States) 175,000 450,000 Karacum Desert Cold Winter Turkmenistan 1350000 350000 Colorado Winter Plateau United States 337,000 Sonoran Desert Subtropical Central America (Mexico) North America (United States) 120,000 120,000 Кызылкумская пустыня Холодная зима Центральная Азия (Казахстан, Туркменистан и Узбекистан) 115000 300 000 Такламакан пустыня Холодная зима Китай 105000 270000 Тар пустыне Субтропический Индийский субконтинент (Индия и Пакистан) 77000 200000 Дашт-и-Марго Субтропическийal Афганистан 58000 150000 Registan пустыне субтропический Афганистан 56400 146000 Атакама пустыне Мягкий прибрежных южная Америка (Чили и Перу) 54000 140000 Мохаве пустыне Субтропические Соединенные Штаты 48000 124000 Колумбийский бассейн Холодная зима Соединенные Штаты 32100 83100 Намиб пустыне Cool прибрежных южной части Африки (Намибия) Средняя Африка (Ангола) 31000 81000 Дашт-и-Кавир Субтропический Иран 30000 77000 Дашт -e Loot Субтропический Иран 20100 52000 Справочная Википедия » � Кандидаты, готовящихся к конкурсным экзаменам, могут проверить соответствующие статьи для раздела «Общая осведомленность: Важные пустыни в мире – Примеры вопросов для общей осведомленности понять актуальность важных пустынь мира для конкурсных экзаменов knowing the type of questions asked based on the same. For the best training candidates, below, a sampling question posed in the General Awareness section of competitive exams for the world's major deserts: No.1, which is the largest hot desert in the world? Antarctica Desert Arctic Desert Sahara Desert Atacama Response (3) Sahara Desert No. 2. What is the driest place in the world? Atacama Desert in the Sahara Desert in Africa Australian desert in the Australia Gobi Desert in the Asia Desert Answer (1) Atacama Desert in South America No. 3. Which continent, as you know, has no desert? North America South America Europe Africa Answer (3) Europe No 4. What is the coldest desert in the world? Antarctic Desert Gobi Desert Kalahari Desert Arab Desert Answer (1) Antarctic Desert No. 5. What is the largest and coldest desert in Asia? Kalahari Desert Tar Desert Karakum Desert Gobi Answer (4) Gobi Desert Apart from a sample of the questions given above, candidates can check the Previous Year's Issue Documents with a PDF solution to understand the type of questions asked in the general awareness section of these exams. Important Deserts in the World PDF-Download PDF Here What Are desert types? Deserts are very important in order to maintain the balance of the ecosystem. Deserts cover more than a third of the Earth's land. Here we will see the types of deserts. In general, there are 4 types of deserts - arid desert - Hot and dry semi-arid desert Coastal Desert Cold Desert Hot and Dry - a dry desert - an example of this type of desert dessert of the Sahara desert. Such deserts have warm and dry temperatures all year round. Semi-arid deserts - These deserts are a little cooler than hot and dry deserts. Long dry summers are followed by winters with rain in semi-arid deserts. These deserts are located in North America, Greenland, Asia. Coastal Deserts - These deserts are as dry as any other desert, but not hot. In these deserts, mild summers are longer than a cool winter. These deserts are not as severe, hence different animals can live in coastal deserts than in arid and semi-arid deserts. Coastal deserts will be inhabited in the Chilean region of South America. Cold Deserts - These deserts get most of their rainfall like snow. They have long cold winters with lots of snowfall and short summers that are wet and warm. Cold deserts are shining at the South Pole (Antarctic region), in parts of North America and Greenland. Candidates appearing for any of the state exams can check the details and curriculum from these links: Syllabus Syllabus RRB Syllabus LIC Syllabus Ans. The desert in the world can be divided into four types - it's hot and dry deserts, also known as arid desert, semi-arid deserts, coastal deserts and cold deserts. The size of the Sahara Desert is 3.5 million square meters. The Tar Desert is a subtropical desert measuring 1,75,000 sq m. The Kalahari Desert is located in southern Africa. Ladakh is the cold desert in India. It is located in the Great Himalayas, on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir. Wikimedia article list Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world This is a list of deserts sorted by region of the world in which the desert is located. Afro- Eurasian Africa Namib Desert Kalahari Desert - desert covering most of Botswana and parts of the Karu Desert - desert, covering parts of the southern Namib Desert - deserts in The Modern Desert of Namibia Danakil - deserts lying in the Afar Triangle and covering northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, southern Djibouti and northwestern Somalia's Eritrean coastal desert - a desert along the southern coast of Eritrea covering parts of the southern desert of Djibouti Chalbi - a desert in northern Kenya along the border with Ethiopia's Nyiri Desert - Desert, Located in southern Kenya along the Tanzanian desert border, Lompul is a desert that lies in northwestern Senegal between Dakar and the Desert of Saint-Louis Sahara, Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert, covering much of North Africa: Tenare is a desert spanning northeast Niger and the western desert of Chad Sahara Tanezruft covering northern Mali, north-west Niger, and central and southern Algeria, west of the Hoggar El Juf Mountains - a desert that spans northeastern Mauritania and part of the northwestern desert of Mali, Jurab - a desert spanning the northern central desert of Chad Tin Tomma - a desert spanning the south-east of Niger -- a desert spanning eastern Libya, Western Egypt and northwestern Sudan in the west of the Nile White Desert - a desert spanning part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt Eastern Desert - a desert spanning eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan between the Nile River and the Nubian Desert of the Red Sea - a desert spanning northeast Sudan between the Nile River and the Bayuda Desert of the Red Sea - a desert located in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Atlantic Coastal Desert - Desert, lying along the western coast of the Sahara Desert and occupying a narrow strip in Western Sahara and Mauritania Eurasia Asia Arab Desert - a desert complex in the Arabian Peninsula, including: The Desert of Al-Hatim - a desert near Abu Dhabi Al-Dahna Desert - a desert that is the main central division of the Arabian Desert and covers parts of al-Khali) - the world's largest sandy desert , Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the Yemeni desert Nefood - desert in the northern Arabian Peninsula Ramlat al-Sabatain - desert in the north-central part of Yemen Wahiba Sands - desert, covering most of Oman Air View of the Negev Jude Desert - desert in eastern Israel and West Bank of the Negev - desert located in southern Israel Bromo Sandy Sea - desert in Bromo National
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