The Great Basin Desert covers about 0.19 million sq mi in the USA.
It is a cold desert with salt flats and winter snowfall.
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The Syrian Desert covers about 0.19 million sq mi in the Middle East.
It is a cold desert with salt flats and winter snowfall.
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The Great Victoria Desert is about 0.25 million sq mi in Australia.
It has sand dunes, grasslands, and a sparse population.
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The Kalahari Desert covers about 0.35 million sq mi in southern Africa.
It is semi-arid with seasonal rainfall and diverse wildlife.
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The Patagonian Desert covers about 0.26 million sq mi in Argentina.
It is cold and windy due to the Andes rain shadow.
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The Gobi Desert spans about 0.5 million sq mi in China and Mongolia.
It is a cold desert famous for fossils and harsh winters.
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The Arabian Desert covers about 1.0 million sq mi across the Arabian Peninsula.
It includes the Rub’ al Khali, one of the driest regions on Earth.
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The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert (~3.5 million sq mi) in North Africa.
It is known for extreme heat, sand dunes, and oases.
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The Arctic Desert is the second largest (~5.4 million sq mi) around the North Pole.
It is extremely cold with very low precipitation and unique wildlife.
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The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert (~5.5 million sq mi) and is a cold ice-covered region.
It holds about 70% of Earth’s freshwater in frozen form.
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