Some of the world's major deserts, listed under their respective continents, are:
North America
The Mojave Desert (SE California)
The Sonoran Desert (Arizona)
The Great Basin (West of the Rockies, east of the Sierra Nevada in the SW U.S.A)
South America
Atacama Desert
Europe
I do not know of any major European deserts
Asia
Gobi Desert (Mongolia and north central China)
Deserts cover SW Asia and Central Asia
Africa
Sahara Desert (across northern Africa)
Namib Desert (SW Africa)
Australia
A major desert covers most of central Australia
Antarctica
Even though it is not the typical hot desert, Antarctica has so little in the way of annual precipitation that it is considered the world's largest desert.
There are over 2 dozen major desert areas in the world. For a list of these deserts along with information on their locations, click on this link.
Yes, the deserts around the world have a number of species of lizards.
Not all deserts are hot. However, the hottest temperatures are found in some deserts.
Deserts are found on all 'sides' of the world, in every hemisphere.
Deserts are found on all 7 continents. Even Europe has some small desert areas.
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Yes, beetles are fairly common in deserts around the world.
Deserts are found on all seven continents.
The Gobi and the Taklamakan Deserts are both found in China.
Yes, there is quite a variety of mice species in the various deserts of the world.
No, the cactus isn't native to all of the world's deserts. It's a native plant of the Americas. So it only is found natively in American deserts.
No, most deserts are located some distance from the equator.
Deserts are found on every continent of the world, including some small patches of semiarid land in Europe. Most deserts are found on the leeward side of mountain ranges. The mountains prevent moisture from moving over the leeward side and, thus, deserts form.