List of largest Deserts in the world (Type, Area, Location)

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Rank	Name	Type	Area (sq km)	Area (sq mi)	Location
1	Antarctica	Cold Winter	14000000	5400000	Antarctica
2	Sahara	Subtropical	9000000	3300000	North Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco,Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara)
3	Arabian Desert	Subtropical	2330000	900000	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen)
4	Gobi Desert	Cold Winter	1000000	500000	Central Asia (Mongolia)
5	Kalahari Desert	Subtropical	900000	360000	Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa)
6	Great Victoria Desert	Subtropical	647000	220000	Australia
7	Patagonian Desert	Cold Winter	620000	200000	South America (Argentina and Chile)
8	Syrian Desert	Subtropical	520000	200000	Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria)
9	Great Basin Desert	Cold Winter	492000	190000	United States
10	Chihuahuan Desert	Subtropical	450000	175000	North America (Mexico and United States)
11	Great Sandy Desert	Subtropical	400000	150000	Australia
12	Karakum Desert	Cold Winter	350000	135000	Turkmenistan
13	Colorado Plateau	Cold Winter	337000	130000	United States
14	Sonoran Desert	Subtropical	310000	120000	North America (Mexico and United States)
15	Kyzylkum Desert	Cold Winter	300000	115000	Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)
16	Taklamakan Desert	Cold Winter	270000	105000	China
17	Thar Desert	Subtropical	200000	77000	South Asia (India, Pakistan)
18	Gibson Desert	Subtropical	156000	60000	Australia
19	Dasht-e Margo	Subtropical	150000	58000	Afghanistan
20	Registan Desert	Subtropical	146000	56400	Afghanistan
21	Simpson Desert	Subtropical	145000	56000	Australia
22	Atacama Desert	Cool Coastal	140000	54000	South America (Chile and Peru)
23	Mojave Desert	Subtropical	124000	48000	United States
24	Namib Desert	Cool Coastal	81000	31000	Southern Africa (Angola and Namibia)
25	Dasht-e Kavir	Subtropical	77000	30000	Iran