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No. There are 10 official deserts in Australia.
The three largest deserts in Australia and their land areas are:
Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)
Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)
Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)
The other 7 official deserts and their land areas are:
Simpson Desert (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia): 176,500 km2 (68,145 square miles)
Gibson Desert (Western Australia): 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles)
Little Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles)
Strzelecki Desert (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia): 80,250 km2 (30,985 square miles)
Sturt Stony Desert (South Australia): 29,750 km2 (11,485 square miles)
Tirari Desert (South Australia): 15,250 km2 (5,890 square miles)
Pedirka Desert (South Australia): 1,250 km2 (480 square miles)
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What are the major deserts of Australia?
Deserts of Australia:Central Desert - a central Australian desertGibson Desert - a central Australian desertGreat Sandy Desert - a northwestern Australian desertGreat Victoria Desert - the biggest desert in AustraliaLittle Sandy Desert - a western Australian desertSimpson Desert - a central Australian desertStrzelecki Desert - a south-central Australian desertTanami Desert - a northern Australian desert
What type of desert is the Australian outback?
All the Australian deserts are hot subtropical deserts.
Why doesn't the Australian desert have any sand?
There are large areas on sand in some of Australia's deserts. There is actually a desert in that country called the Great Sandy Desert.
What are Australian deserts like?
Australian deserts vary. Some consist of flat, infertile soil with no vegetation but saltbush, bluebush and spinifex; some consist of huge, long, red and yellow sandy dunes; others are little more than treeless gibber plain (stony desert).
What are some deserts not in Australia?
Little Sandy Desert, Strzelecki, Tanami Desert, Tirari Desert, Central Desert, and the Australian Desert are some deserts in Australia.
What continent is the Australian desert on?
There is no official desert called the "Great Australian Desert". This is just a generic name given to the deserts and outback regions on the continent of Australia. The so-called Great Australian Desert is actually made up of the following separate deserts:Great Victoria DesertGreat Sandy DesertTanami DesertSimpson DesertGibson DesertLittle Sandy DesertStrzelecki DesertSturt Stony DesertTirari DesertPedirka Desert
Is the Australian desert a specific special desert?
No, the term Australian Desert is a generic term that applies to ten separate deserts in that country.
Is Gibson located in the Australian desert?
The Gibson Desert is one of Australia's deserts.
Is the Australian desert in Australia?
Of course the Australian Desert is in Australia. Australian Desert is a generic term used to describe the various deserts that compose it - Great Victoria Desert, Gibson Desert, Simpson Desert, etc.
What continent is the Australian desert found on?
All Australian deserts are found on the continent of Australia.
Is the Great Australian Desert the Great Sandy Desert?
Great Australian Desert is a generic term referring to all the deserts of Australia and the Great Sandy Desert is part of that.
Where is the desert called Australian located on the world map?
There is no desert called the "Australian Desert." That is a generic term that applies to all the deserts in Australia. There are 10 deserts in Australia and all are located in the western 2/3 of the country.
