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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.
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Worlds largest desert?
thar desert
Is Sahara desert the second largest desert?
It is the largest "hot" desert in the world and second in size after the Antarctic Desert, which is the worlds largest "cold" desert
What continent has the worlds largest river and desert?
Egypt has the worlds longest river, the Nile. It also contains part of the Sahara Desert, the world largest desert.
What country is the worlds largest desert in?
Antarctica :)
What continent is the worlds largest desert in?
Africa
Which continent has the worlds largest desert?
The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert on the continent of Antarctica.
Which continent is the worlds largest desert?
Antarctica is the world's largest desert located on the continent of the same name.
The worlds largest desert in the Sahara?
Sahara is A desert. ONE desert. It is Not divided into sub-deserts. Sahara is in Africa.
What is the worlds largest desert spanning all of northern Africa?
The Sahara Desert
What is the worlds largest hot desert and the worlds second largest desert?
The largest HOT desert would be the Sahara, in northern Africa. The continent of Antarctica is generally defined as a 'desert', due to the fairly low precipitation (snow) that actually falls there. The second largest 'hot' desert is the Takla Makan in western China.
What is the worlds largest polar desert which is also a continent?
The largest and coldest desert in the world is the continent of Antarctica.
What is the large desert?
The Sahara desert in Africa is the largest desert.Correction:While the Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world, it is not the largest desert. The world's largest desert is the Antarctic.
