About 1/3 (33%) of the land surface is covered by deserts.
About one third of the land surface of the earth is desert.
About 20% of the deserts are covered by sand. Others are covered by soil or rock.
about one fourth
Roughly 75% of Earths Surface is covered by water. (including the Oceans, lakes and land Ice).
Deserts make up 33% of the Land's surface
About 71% of Earth's surface is covered by water, primarily in the form of oceans. The remaining 29% consists of land, which includes continents and islands. This distribution plays a crucial role in the planet's climate, ecosystems, and human activities.
About 1/3 (33%) of the land surface of earth is desert.
89% to 93% of the Middle East is covered by desert. These numbers depend on the varying definitions of "the Middle East".
About one third of the earth's land surface is covered by deserts.
About 33% of the earth's land surface is covered by deserts. That's 1/3 of the surface.
There is no single desert that covers the earth. There are about 28 major deserts that, combined, cover about 1/3 of the earth's land area.
Approximately 12 million square kilometers.