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The world's major deserts are representative deserts selected from the desert regions that cover approximately 30% of Earth's land surface, based on their area and distinctive geographical conditions. They include various types such as polar deserts including the Antarctic Desert, tropical deserts represented by the Sahara Desert, cold deserts like the Gobi Desert, and coastal deserts such as the Atacama Desert. These deserts play an important role in understanding Earth's environment from the perspectives of climate, topography, and ecosystems.
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<thead><tr><th>code</th><th>slug</th><th>name</th><th>description</th><th>areaKm2</th><th>countries</th><th>location</th><th>type</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>01</td><td>antarctic-desert</td><td>Antarctic Desert</td><td>The world's largest desert, a polar ice desert.</td><td>14200000</td><td>["Antarctica"]</td><td>Antarctica</td><td>Polar Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>02</td><td>arctic-desert</td><td>Arctic Desert</td><td>The second largest desert in the world, a polar desert.</td><td>13900000</td><td>["USA (Alaska)","Canada","Greenland (Denmark)","Iceland","Norway","Sweden","Finland","Russia"]</td><td>Arctic Circle</td><td>Polar Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>03</td><td>sahara-desert</td><td>Sahara Desert</td><td>The world's largest hot desert.</td><td>9200000</td><td>["Algeria","Chad","Egypt","Libya","Mali","Mauritania","Morocco","Niger","Sudan","Tunisia","Western Sahara"]</td><td>North Africa</td><td>Subtropical Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>04</td><td>great-australian-desert</td><td>Great Australian Desert</td><td>A vast desert region covering the Australian continent.</td><td>2700000</td><td>["Australia"]</td><td>Central and Western Australia</td><td>Subtropical Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>05</td><td>arabian-desert</td><td>Arabian Desert</td><td>The largest desert in Asia, spanning the Arabian Peninsula.</td><td>2330000</td><td>["Iraq","Jordan","Kuwait","Oman","Qatar","Saudi Arabia","UAE","Yemen"]</td><td>Arabian Peninsula</td><td>Subtropical Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>06</td><td>gobi-desert</td><td>Gobi Desert</td><td>Asia's largest cold desert.</td><td>1295000</td><td>["China","Mongolia"]</td><td>China and Mongolia</td><td>Cold Winter Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>07</td><td>kalahari-desert</td><td>Kalahari Desert</td><td>A semi-desert region in Southern Africa.</td><td>900000</td><td>["Botswana","Namibia","South Africa","Angola"]</td><td>Southern Africa</td><td>Semi-Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>08</td><td>patagonian-desert</td><td>Patagonian Desert</td><td>The world's southernmost desert.</td><td>673000</td><td>["Argentina","Chile"]</td><td>Southern South America</td><td>Cold Winter Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>09</td><td>syrian-desert</td><td>Syrian Desert</td><td>A subtropical desert spread across the Middle East.</td><td>500000</td><td>["Iraq","Jordan","Saudi Arabia","Syria"]</td><td>Middle East</td><td>Subtropical Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>great-basin-desert</td><td>Great Basin Desert</td><td>The largest desert in North America.</td><td>492000</td><td>["United States"]</td><td>Western United States</td><td>Cold Winter Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>atacama-desert</td><td>Atacama Desert</td><td>The driest desert in the world.</td><td>105000</td><td>["Chile","Peru","Bolivia","Argentina"]</td><td>Northern Chile</td><td>Cool Coastal Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>taklamakan-desert</td><td>Taklamakan Desert</td><td>The largest desert in China.</td><td>270000</td><td>["China"]</td><td>Xinjiang, China</td><td>Cold Winter Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>thar-desert</td><td>Thar Desert</td><td>The largest desert in the Indian subcontinent.</td><td>200000</td><td>["India","Pakistan"]</td><td>India and Pakistan</td><td>Subtropical Desert</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>namib-desert</td><td>Namib Desert</td><td>A coastal desert in Namibia.</td><td>80000</td><td>["Angola","Namibia","South Africa"]</td><td>Southwest African Coast</td><td>Cool Coastal Desert</td></tr></tbody>
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