List of Deserts in the World
| Name of the Desert | Type | Location in Continents | Countries |
| Antarctica Desert | Polar ice and tundra | Antarctica | Antarctica |
| Arctic Desert | Polar ice and tundra | Northern America, northern Asia,
Northern Europe |
Alaska, Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
| Sahara Desert | Subtropical | Northern Africa | Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and western Sahara. |
| Australian Desert | Subtropical | Australia | Australia |
| Arabian Desert | Subtropical | Western Asia | Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE and Yemen |
| Gobi Desert | Cold Desert | Eastern Asia | China and Mongolia |
| Kalahari Desert | Sub tropical | Southern Africa | Namibia, Botswana and South Africa |
| Patagonia Desert | Cold Desert | South America | Argentina |
| Syrian Desert | Cold Desert | Western Asia | Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and |
| Great Basin | Cold Desert | Northern America | United States |
| Chihuahuan Desert | Subtropical | North America | Mexico and United States |
| Karakum Desert | Cold | Central Asia | Turkmenistan |
| Great Victoria | Subtropical | Australia | Australia |
| Colorado Plateau | Cold | Northern America | United States |
| Sonoran Desert | Subtropical | Northern America | Mexico and United States |
| Kyzylkum Desert | Cold | Central Asia | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan |
| Taklamakan Desert | Cold | Eastern Asia | China |
| Ogaden Desert | Subtropical | Eastern Africa | Somalia and Ethiopia |
| Puntland | Subtropical | Eastern Africa | Somalia |
| Thar Desert | Subtropical | Southern Asia | India and Pakistan |
| Ustyurt Plateau | Temperate | Central Asia | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan |
| Guban Desert | Subtropical | Eastern Africa | Somalia |
| Namib Desert | Cool coastal | Southern Africa | Namibia, Angola and South Africa |
| Dast-e- Margo | Subtropical | Southern Asia | Afghanistan |
| Registan Desert | Subtropical | Southern Asia | Afghanistan |
| Atacama Desert | Mild Coastal | South America | Peru and Chile |
| Danakil Desert | Subtropical | Eastern Africa | Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia |
| Mojava Desert | Subtropical | Northern America | United States |
| Chalbi Desert | Subtropical | Eastern Africa | Kenya |
| Columbia Basin | Cold | Northern America | United States |
| Dast-e- Kavir | Subtropical | Southern Asia | Iran |
| Ferlo Desert | Subtropical | Western Africa | Senegal |
| Dasht-e-Lut | Subtropical | Southern Asia | Iran |