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The Algerian Desert (Arabic: الصحراء الجزائرية‎) is a located in north-central Africa and is part of the Saharan Africa. The desert occupies more than four-fifths of the algerian territory. Its expansion starts from the Saharan Atlas, more or less as a stony desert and the farther inland you get the more of a sand dune desert it becomes. In the southwestern parts is the mountain range Tassili n'Ajjer located. This area is a subject of great archaeological interest and was put up on the "World Heritage List" by UNESCO in 1982.^[1] The highest official temperature was 50.6 °C (123.1 °F) at In Salah.^[2]

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^ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/179
^ MHerrera.org and Burt, Christopher C. 'Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book (W.W. Norton Press, 2007) Archived January 10, 2010 at WebCite

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Africa	Algerian Bayuda Chalbi Danakil Djurab Eastern Ferio Farafra Kalahari Libyan Moçâmedes Namib Nubian Nyiri Richtersveld Sahara Ténéré

Asia	Ad-Dahna Arabian Aral Karakum Aralkum Badain Jaran Betpak-Dala Cholistan Dasht-e Kavir Dasht-e Lut Dasht-e Margoh Dasht-e Naomid Gurbantünggüt Gobi Hami Indus Valley Judaean Karakum Kharan Kumtag Kyzyl Kum Lop Nefud Negev Ordos Qaidam Rub' al Khali Russian Arctic Registan Saryesik-Atyrau Syrian Taklamakan Tengger Thal Thar Tihamah Ustyurt Plateau Wahiba Sands Liwa

Australia	Gibson Great Sandy Great Victoria Little Sandy Nullarbor Plain Painted Pedirka Simpson Strzelecki Sturt's Stony Tanami Tirari

Europe	Accona Bardenas Reales Błędów Cabo de Gata Deliblatska Peščara Hálendi Oltenian Sahara Ryn Tabernas

North America	Alvord Amargosa Baja California Black Rock Carcross Carson Channeled scablands Chihuahuan Escalante Forty Mile Gran Desierto de Altar Great Basin Great Salt Lake Great Sandy Jornada del Muerto Kaʻū Lechuguilla Mojave North American Arctic Owyhee Painted Desert Red Desert Sevier Smoke Creek Sonoran Tule (Arizona) Tule (Nevada) Yp Yuha Yuma

South America	Atacama La Guajira Los Médanos de Coro Monte Patagonian Sechura Tatacoa

Polar Regions	Antarctica Arctic

Zealandia	Rangipo Desert

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