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Deserts of the Western HemisphereNorth American Deserts:Mojave Desert (includes Death Valley)Sonoran Desert (includes Colorado Desert)Chihuahuan DesertGreat Basin DesertColorado Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert)South American Deserts;Patagonian DesertAtacama DesertMonte DesertSechura DesertGuajira DesertIn addition, the far western Sahara Desert is in the Western Hemisphere. And, of course, about half of the Antarctic Desert is in the Western Hemisphere.
There is no single desert known as the Great Western Desert. The Great Western Desert refers to the region in Australia made up of three deserts: the Gibson, the Great Sandy and the Great Victoria deserts. This region is primarily in Western Australia, and also includes part of the Northern Territory.
The largest are the Gobi Desert in north central China and the Taklamakan Desert in western China.
Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert Mojave Desert Colorado Plateau Desert (including the Painted Desert)
The border of India and Pakistan is the great Indian desert
Water
Copper is the main resource mined in the Atacama Desert.
Petroleum (oil) is a resource found under many desert areas.
Copper is the principal resource found in the Atacama Desert.
the western desert is situated at Rajasthan in India.
Nitrates for fertilizer used to be the major resource mined in the desert. Today copper is mined and the major resource of the area.
Petroleum is the main resource of the Arabian Desert.
The Taklamakan Desert is in western China.
The Sechura Desert of Peru is the western-most desert of South America.
The Sahara Desert
The Libyan Desert, a subdivision of the Sahara, is located in western Egypt.
Western Desert Campaign happened on 1940-06-11.