Are there any large deserts in Europe?

Answer 1

The largest desert in the world is Antarctica.
The Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert in the world, is the northern third of Africa. Antarctica is the largest desert overall.
The world's largest desert is Antarctica since a desert is defined as an area receiving less than 250 mm or 10 inches of precipitation per year. The Antarctic desert covers 13.9 million square kilometres, or almost 5.5 million square miles.

However, when most people think of deserts the implied thought is that they are sand based not ice based. It is also not known as the Antarctica Desert because it is not referred to as such in the text books.

The Sahara is the largest hot desert. It is in northern Africa and occupies over a quarter of Africa, covering 9.1 million square kilometres, or 3.5 million square miles. It is generally more recognised as a desert because its rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of precipitation, whereas the Antarctic has a very low evaporation rate.

Answer 2

The Icelandic Highlands; the Hálendi, situated above 400-500 meters and largely uninhabitable; covered with a combination of sands, mountains, volcanoes and tormenting glacial rivers.

At around 60,000 sq km -- twice the size of Belgium.

Of mainland Europe, Bardenas Reales in Navarre county in nothern Spain, is the largest desert.

The definition of a desert is:

• A region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all
• Any area in which few forms of life can exist because of lack of water, permanent frost, or absence of soil.

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Answer 3

The Tabernas Desert is one of the only true deserts in Europe, located within Spain's southeastern province of Almeria, where annual rainfall may in some little areas be below 200 mm a year. It has an area of 108.1 sq miles (280 square kilometers). There are larger areas of semi desert in Europe but the Tabernas is the largest true desert in Western Europe.

Answer 4

The Oltenian Sahara is a desert spanning approximately 800 km

Answer 5

Europe is the only continent without major deserts.

Answer 6

The only true European desert is the Tabernas Desert in Spain, which spans about 110 square miles.

Answer 7

Europe has a number of small arid and semi arid regions but no major deserts.

Answer 8

The Oltenian Sahara is a desert spanning approximately 800 km² in the Romania is the largest desert or semi desert in Europe.

Answer 9

The Oltenian Sahara is a desert spanning approximately 800 km² of Romania is the largest desert in Europe.

Answer 10

The largest desert in the world is Antarctica.