A deserts is characterised as an area whose landscape receives a significanly small amount of rainfall throughout the year.
The desert can be of two types:-
- Cold deserts
- Hot deserts
| Desert | Area (Sq. miles) | Description |
| Antarctica | 5500000 | The entire Antarctica is a cold desert with an annual precipitation of 200mm. |
| Arctic | 5400000 | Second largest desert globally. |
| Sahara | 350000 | Africa, it is third largest desert overall and largest hot desert |
| Arabian Desert | 900000 | Located in far Western Asia. |
| Gobi Desert | 500000 | It is termed as ‘rain shadow desert’ |
| Kalahari Desert | 360000 | Sothern Africa |
| Great Victoria Desert | 220000 | Australia |
| Patagonian Desert | 200000 | Largest desert in South America |
| Syrian Desert | 200000 | North of the Arabian Peninsula in Syria |
| Great Basin desert | 190000 | Largest desert in USA |