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World's Major Deserts - INI

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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[item.antarctic-desert]
code=01
slug=antarctic-desert
name=Antarctic Desert
description=The world's largest desert, a polar ice desert.
areaKm2=14200000
countries=["Antarctica"]
location=Antarctica
type=Polar Desert

[item.arctic-desert]
code=02
slug=arctic-desert
name=Arctic Desert
description=The second largest desert in the world, a polar desert.
areaKm2=13900000
countries=["USA (Alaska)","Canada","Greenland (Denmark)","Iceland","Norway","Sweden","Finland","Russia"]
location=Arctic Circle
type=Polar Desert

[item.sahara-desert]
code=03
slug=sahara-desert
name=Sahara Desert
description=The world's largest hot desert.
areaKm2=9200000
countries=["Algeria","Chad","Egypt","Libya","Mali","Mauritania","Morocco","Niger","Sudan","Tunisia","Western Sahara"]
location=North Africa
type=Subtropical Desert

[item.great-australian-desert]
code=04
slug=great-australian-desert
name=Great Australian Desert
description=A vast desert region covering the Australian continent.
areaKm2=2700000
countries=["Australia"]
location=Central and Western Australia
type=Subtropical Desert

[item.arabian-desert]
code=05
slug=arabian-desert
name=Arabian Desert
description=The largest desert in Asia, spanning the Arabian Peninsula.
areaKm2=2330000
countries=["Iraq","Jordan","Kuwait","Oman","Qatar","Saudi Arabia","UAE","Yemen"]
location=Arabian Peninsula
type=Subtropical Desert

[item.gobi-desert]
code=06
slug=gobi-desert
name=Gobi Desert
description=Asia's largest cold desert.
areaKm2=1295000
countries=["China","Mongolia"]
location=China and Mongolia
type=Cold Winter Desert

[item.kalahari-desert]
code=07
slug=kalahari-desert
name=Kalahari Desert
description=A semi-desert region in Southern Africa.
areaKm2=900000
countries=["Botswana","Namibia","South Africa","Angola"]
location=Southern Africa
type=Semi-Desert

[item.patagonian-desert]
code=08
slug=patagonian-desert
name=Patagonian Desert
description=The world's southernmost desert.
areaKm2=673000
countries=["Argentina","Chile"]
location=Southern South America
type=Cold Winter Desert

[item.syrian-desert]
code=09
slug=syrian-desert
name=Syrian Desert
description=A subtropical desert spread across the Middle East.
areaKm2=500000
countries=["Iraq","Jordan","Saudi Arabia","Syria"]
location=Middle East
type=Subtropical Desert

[item.great-basin-desert]
code=10
slug=great-basin-desert
name=Great Basin Desert
description=The largest desert in North America.
areaKm2=492000
countries=["United States"]
location=Western United States
type=Cold Winter Desert

[item.atacama-desert]
code=11
slug=atacama-desert
name=Atacama Desert
description=The driest desert in the world.
areaKm2=105000
countries=["Chile","Peru","Bolivia","Argentina"]
location=Northern Chile
type=Cool Coastal Desert

[item.taklamakan-desert]
code=12
slug=taklamakan-desert
name=Taklamakan Desert
description=The largest desert in China.
areaKm2=270000
countries=["China"]
location=Xinjiang, China
type=Cold Winter Desert

[item.thar-desert]
code=13
slug=thar-desert
name=Thar Desert
description=The largest desert in the Indian subcontinent.
areaKm2=200000
countries=["India","Pakistan"]
location=India and Pakistan
type=Subtropical Desert

[item.namib-desert]
code=14
slug=namib-desert
name=Namib Desert
description=A coastal desert in Namibia.
areaKm2=80000
countries=["Angola","Namibia","South Africa"]
location=Southwest African Coast
type=Cool Coastal Desert