The Sahara - and it continues to expand today.
The Patagonian Desert (260,000 square miles) is much larger than the Atacama Desert (54,000 square miles).
The Antarctic Desert is 14,000,000 square kilometers or 5,400,000 square miles in area. It is the largest desert on earth.The Antarctic Desert is 14,000,000 square kilometers or 5,400,000 square miles in area. It is the largest desert on earth.
Mojave Desert - 25,000 square miles.Mojave Desert, USA - about 25,000 square miles.
The Arabian Desert is 2,330,000 square kilometers or 900,000 square miles. It is the third largest desert in the world.
1.) The Thar Desert is also known as the Great Indian Desert.2.) It is located on the border between Pakistan and India. 3.) The Thar Desert covers 200,000 square kilometers or 77,000 square miles. 4.) It is the most highly populated desert on earth. 5.) It is classified as a hot subtropical desert.
the size of the gobi desert is 1,280,000 sq. km.
The largest deserts:Antarctic Desert - 14,000,000 square kilometers Sahara Desert - 9,000,000+ square kilometers Arabian Desert - 2,330,000 square kilometers Gobi Desert - 1,000,000 square kilometers Kalahari Desert - 900,000 square kilometers
Sahara Desert = 9,400,000 square kilometres Gobi Desert = 1,295,000 square kilometers
Antarctica - 14,000,000 square kilometers or 5,400,000 square miles. Sahara - 9,400,000+Square kilometers or 3,320,000+square miles.
The largest desert in Asia is the Arabian Desert at 2,300,000 square kilometers or 900,000 square miles. It is larger than the Gobi Desert which has only 1,300,000 square kilometers or 500,000 square miles. It is exceeded in size only by the Antarctic Desert and the Sahara. The Arabian Desert covers nearly all of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world at 5,600,000 square miles.
The Chihuahuan Desert is 175,000 square miles.