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World's Major Deserts - JSON

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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[
  {
    "code": "01",
    "slug": "antarctic-desert",
    "name": "Antarctic Desert",
    "description": "The world's largest desert, a polar ice desert.",
    "areaKm2": 14200000,
    "type": "Polar Desert",
    "location": "Antarctica",
    "countries": [
      "Antarctica"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "02",
    "slug": "arctic-desert",
    "name": "Arctic Desert",
    "description": "The second largest desert in the world, a polar desert.",
    "areaKm2": 13900000,
    "type": "Polar Desert",
    "location": "Arctic Circle",
    "countries": [
      "USA (Alaska)",
      "Canada",
      "Greenland (Denmark)",
      "Iceland",
      "Norway",
      "Sweden",
      "Finland",
      "Russia"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "03",
    "slug": "sahara-desert",
    "name": "Sahara Desert",
    "description": "The world's largest hot desert.",
    "areaKm2": 9200000,
    "type": "Subtropical Desert",
    "location": "North Africa",
    "countries": [
      "Algeria",
      "Chad",
      "Egypt",
      "Libya",
      "Mali",
      "Mauritania",
      "Morocco",
      "Niger",
      "Sudan",
      "Tunisia",
      "Western Sahara"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "04",
    "slug": "great-australian-desert",
    "name": "Great Australian Desert",
    "description": "A vast desert region covering the Australian continent.",
    "areaKm2": 2700000,
    "type": "Subtropical Desert",
    "location": "Central and Western Australia",
    "countries": [
      "Australia"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "05",
    "slug": "arabian-desert",
    "name": "Arabian Desert",
    "description": "The largest desert in Asia, spanning the Arabian Peninsula.",
    "areaKm2": 2330000,
    "type": "Subtropical Desert",
    "location": "Arabian Peninsula",
    "countries": [
      "Iraq",
      "Jordan",
      "Kuwait",
      "Oman",
      "Qatar",
      "Saudi Arabia",
      "UAE",
      "Yemen"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "06",
    "slug": "gobi-desert",
    "name": "Gobi Desert",
    "description": "Asia's largest cold desert.",
    "areaKm2": 1295000,
    "type": "Cold Winter Desert",
    "location": "China and Mongolia",
    "countries": [
      "China",
      "Mongolia"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "07",
    "slug": "kalahari-desert",
    "name": "Kalahari Desert",
    "description": "A semi-desert region in Southern Africa.",
    "areaKm2": 900000,
    "type": "Semi-Desert",
    "location": "Southern Africa",
    "countries": [
      "Botswana",
      "Namibia",
      "South Africa",
      "Angola"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "08",
    "slug": "patagonian-desert",
    "name": "Patagonian Desert",
    "description": "The world's southernmost desert.",
    "areaKm2": 673000,
    "type": "Cold Winter Desert",
    "location": "Southern South America",
    "countries": [
      "Argentina",
      "Chile"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "09",
    "slug": "syrian-desert",
    "name": "Syrian Desert",
    "description": "A subtropical desert spread across the Middle East.",
    "areaKm2": 500000,
    "type": "Subtropical Desert",
    "location": "Middle East",
    "countries": [
      "Iraq",
      "Jordan",
      "Saudi Arabia",
      "Syria"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "10",
    "slug": "great-basin-desert",
    "name": "Great Basin Desert",
    "description": "The largest desert in North America.",
    "areaKm2": 492000,
    "type": "Cold Winter Desert",
    "location": "Western United States",
    "countries": [
      "United States"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "11",
    "slug": "atacama-desert",
    "name": "Atacama Desert",
    "description": "The driest desert in the world.",
    "areaKm2": 105000,
    "type": "Cool Coastal Desert",
    "location": "Northern Chile",
    "countries": [
      "Chile",
      "Peru",
      "Bolivia",
      "Argentina"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "12",
    "slug": "taklamakan-desert",
    "name": "Taklamakan Desert",
    "description": "The largest desert in China.",
    "areaKm2": 270000,
    "type": "Cold Winter Desert",
    "location": "Xinjiang, China",
    "countries": [
      "China"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "13",
    "slug": "thar-desert",
    "name": "Thar Desert",
    "description": "The largest desert in the Indian subcontinent.",
    "areaKm2": 200000,
    "type": "Subtropical Desert",
    "location": "India and Pakistan",
    "countries": [
      "India",
      "Pakistan"
    ]
  },
  {
    "code": "14",
    "slug": "namib-desert",
    "name": "Namib Desert",
    "description": "A coastal desert in Namibia.",
    "areaKm2": 80000,
    "type": "Cool Coastal Desert",
    "location": "Southwest African Coast",
    "countries": [
      "Angola",
      "Namibia",
      "South Africa"
    ]
  }
]