The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated desert area in Western Australia and South Australia.
Interestingly, the Great Victoria Desert is not in the Australian state of Victoria. The Great Victoria Desert is in south-western Australia, spanning both South Australia and the eastern section of Western Australia.
Although the great Victoria Desert is not in the state of Victoria, it would have been named after the reigning monarch at the time of its discovery. This was Queen Victoria.
Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. The Great Victoria Desert is an area of approx 323,750sq km in eastern Western Australia and western South Australia.
Much of the Great Sandy Desert is in Western Australia
It is located in Western Australia, more specifically the eastern central part of the state, far inland from the western coast.
Sturt's desert pea is found through all of Australia's mainland states except Victoria. However, it is the floral emblem of South Australia, so is most commonly associated with that state.
The Great Salt Lake desert is in the state of Utah
Major desert areas are located in:CaliforniaNevadaArizonaUtahNew MexicoColoradoTexasSmall arid regions are found in a few other states.
There are two deserts in Nevada. Much of the state is covered by the Great Basin Desert and the extreme southern part of Nevada is in the Mojave Desert.
Sturt's Desert Pea does not belong exclusively to any state. It is the official floral emblem of South Australia. However, it is not limited to that state alone. Sturt's desert pea is found in arid woodlands and bushland, open plains and desert areas of central Australia, spreading in its distribution through all mainland states except Victoria.
the Nullarbor is located in Central South Australia, south of the Great Victoria Desert. It has surface water but no trees, area 100,000 square miles