What are the two largest deserts in the world?

Answer 1

The biggest desert is the Sahara located in western Africa.

The Sahara is the biggest hot desert.

The biggest desert in the world is the Antarctic, which also qualifies as a desert because of its excessively low precipitation.

The largest deserts are as follows:

1. Antarctica - not including the coastal regions-about 14 million sq km, Antarctica

2. Sahara - 9.4 million sq km, North Africa

3. Arabian - 2.3 million sq km, Arabian peninsula

4. Gobi - 1.3 million sq km, China and Mongolia

5. Kalahari - 900,000 sq km, Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

6. Patagonian Desert - 673,000 sq km, Argentina and Chile

7. Great Basin - 492,000 sq km, USA

8. Great Victoria Desert - 424,400 sq km, Australia

9. Chihuahuan Desert - 453,000 sq km, Mexico and USA

10. Kara-Kum - 349,650 sq km, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

11. Colorado Plateau - (includes many smaller deserts) 336,700 sq km, USA

12. Sonoran - 310,800 sq km, Mexico and United States

13. Kyzyl-Kum - 297,830 sq km, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

14. Great Sandy Desert - 284,993 sq km, Australia

15. Thar Desert - 200,000 sq km, India and Pakistan

16. Tanami Desert - 184,500 sq km, Angola and Namibiats) 336,700 sq km

Answer 2

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world and the Sahara is the second largest.

Answer 3

The two largest deserts are 1.) Antarctica and 2.) the Sahara.

Answer 4

The five largest deserts in the world are:

1.) Antarctic Desert

2.) Sahara Desert

3.) Arabian Desert

4.) Gobi Desert

5.) Kalahari Desert

Answer 5

There are dozens of deserts in the world but as you ask for only two: Sahara Desert of northen Africa and the Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia.