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This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.

Algerian Desert – part of the Sahara located in Algeria
Arabian Desert – a desert stretching from Eastern Egypt to Iraq
Blue Desert – a desert in Egypt
Kalahari Desert – covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
Karoo – a semi-desert region in South Africa
Libyan Desert – part of the Sahara located in Libya
Namib Desert – a desert in present day Namibia
Nubian Desert – a desert in present day Sudan
Owami Desert – a desert in Nigeria
Sahara Desert – the world's largest hot desert
Sinai Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
White Desert – a desert in Egypt

Central Desert - a central Australian desert
Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
Great Victoria Desert
Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert

Accona Desert - a semi-desert in Central Italy
Bardenas Reales - a semi-desert in Navarre, Spain (455 km²)
Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²)
Deliblatska Peščara - a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²)
Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but effectively one because precipitation penetrates the volcanic soil so quickly that it is unavailable to plants
Monegros Desert - a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain
Oleshky Sands - a desert located in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)
Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80.000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia
Piscinas - a desert located in South-West Sardinia, Italy (5 km²)
Stranja Sahara - a desert in southeastern Bulgaria near the city of Burgas. It is about 80,000 hectares, sometimes estimated to about 850 sq km. It is near the borders of Turkey and northwestern Greece.
Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)

Arabian Desert – a vast desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising the Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desert and other deserts
Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran
Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
Judean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and in the West Bank
Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
Ramlat al-Sab`atayn- a sand desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter
Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman

Central Valley of California (which is divided into the Sacramento Valley in the north, and the San Joaquin Valley in the south). This area has largely been transformed, due to irrigation canals, to an agricultural area. It is technically a semi-arid climate.
Chihuahuan Desert
Colorado Desert
Mojave Desert
Sonoran Desert

Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth
La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia
Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian
Patagonian Desert – the largest desert in the Americas, located in Argentina and Chile
Sechura Desert –

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 ===Asia===
-* [[Akshi Desert]] - a desert in India
+* [[Akshi Desert]] - a desert in china
 * [[Badain Jaran Desert|Badain Jaran]] - a desert located in China
 * [[Cholistan Desert|Cholistan]] - a desert in [[Pakistan]]