What are the name of the Australian deserts?

Answer 1

The three largest deserts in Australia are:

Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)
Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)
Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)

Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.

The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, limestone region extending for some 270,000 square km above the Great Australian Bight. Nothing is cultivated there, and in many respects its aridness places it within the category of desert, but there is little (if any) sand there.

Other deserts include -

Simpson Desert (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia): 176,500 km2 (68,145 square miles)
Gibson Desert (Western Australia): 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles)
Little Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles)
Strzelecki Desert (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia): 80,250 km2 (30,985 square miles)
Sturt Stony Desert (South Australia): 29,750 km2 (11,485 square miles)
Tirari Desert (South Australia): 15,250 km2 (5,890 square miles)
Pedirka Desert (South Australia): 1,250 km2 (480 square miles)

Answer 2

Some of the larger deserts are the Great Victoria Desert, the Gibson Desert, the Tanami Desert, the Great Sandy Desert, the Little Sandy Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, the Simpson Desert. That accounts for most of the west of the continent, nearly two-thirds.

The great majority of the land mass of Australia is either arid or semi-arid, there is very little surface water, the rain fall is low and there are very few rivers that actually run other than immediately after heavy rain.

Answer 3

There is no desert named the Australian Desert, but it is easy to understand the confusion. Australia has 10 deserts and together their area is vast, covering roughly 18% of the continent.

In order of size, the names of the Australian deserts are: 1) Great Victoria Desert; 2) Great Sandy Desert; 3) Tanami Desert; 4) Simpson Desert; 5) Gibson Desert; 6) Little Sandy Desert; 7) Strzelecki Desert; 8) Sturt Stony Desert; 9) Tirari Desert; and 10) Pedirka Desert.

Answer 4

The three largest deserts in Australia are:

Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)

Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)

Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)

Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.

The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, limestone region extending for some 270,000 square km above the Great Australian Bight. Nothing is cultivated there, and in many respects its aridness places it within the category of desert, but there is little (if any) sand there.

Other deserts include -

Simpson Desert (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia): 176,500 km2 (68,145 square miles)

Gibson Desert (Western Australia): 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles)

Little Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles)

Strzelecki Desert (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia): 80,250 km2 (30,985 square miles)

Sturt Stony Desert (South Australia): 29,750 km2 (11,485 square miles)

Tirari Desert (South Australia): 15,250 km2 (5,890 square miles)

Pedirka Desert (South Australia): 1,250 km2 (480 square miles)

Answer 5

Australia has many more than three deserts, but many of them have undefined boundaries. Therefore, three of the deserts, the Great Sandy Desert, the Gibson Desert and the Great Victorian Desert, are sometimes grouped together under the name of the Great Western Desert but not the Australian desert. Whilst they are distinct, different deserts, with different topological and geological makeup, there is no clear definition to their boundaries.

The so-called Australian Desert is actually made up of the following separate deserts:

• Great Victoria Desert
• Great Sandy Desert
• Tanami Desert
• Simpson Desert
• Gibson Desert
• Little Sandy Desert
• Strzelecki Desert
• Sturt Stony Desert
• Tirari Desert
• Pedirka Desert

Answer 6

There are 10 deserts in Australia. From largest to smallest:

Great Victoria Desert

Great Sandy Desert

Tanami Desert

Simpson Desert

Gibson Desert

Little Sandy Desert

Strzelecki Desert

Sturt Stony Desert

Tirari Desert

Pedirka Desert

Answer 7

There are 10 major desert regions in Australia:1.) Great Victoria Desert

2.) Great Sandy Desert

3.) Simpson Desert

4.) Tanami Desert

5.) Gibson Desert

6.) Little Sandy Desert

7.) Strzelecki Desert

8.) Sturt Stony Desert

9.) Tirari Desert

10.) Pedirka Desert

Answer 8

These are the major Australian deserts. Gibson desert Simpson desert Great Sandy desert Little Sandy desert Tanami desert Great Victorian desert Sturt Stony desert