List of Famous Deserts in India & World

List of Famous Deserts in India & World

List of Deserts in India & World  gives you the list of important and famous deserts in the world and in India.

The famous deserts in world list is given as per ranking.

Questions like “Largest populated deserts in the world” and “largest desert in the world” are asked in Railway, Banking exams, SSC exams.

List of Deserts in the World Ranked on the basis of Area:

Rank	Desert	Location
1.	Antarctica	Antarctica
2.	Arctic	Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia
3.	Sahara	Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia
4.	Arabian Desert	Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
5.	Gobi Desert	Mongolia and China
6.	Kalahari Desert	Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
7.	Great Victoria Desert	Australia
8.	Patagonian Desert	Argentina and Chile
9.	Syrian Desert	Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
10.	Great Basin Desert	United States
11.	Chihuahuan Desert	Mexico and United States
12.	Great Sandy Desert	Australia
13.	Karakum Desert	Turkmenistan
14.	Colorado Plateau	United States
15.	Sonoran Desert	Mexico and United States
16.	Kyzylkum Desert	Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
17.	Taklamakan Desert	China
18.	Thar Desert	India, Pakistan
19.	Gibson Desert	Australia
20.	Dasht-e Margo	Afghanistan
21.	Registan Desert	Afghanistan
22.	Simpson Desert	Australia
23.	Atacama Desert	Chile and Peru
24.	Mojave Desert	United States
25.	Namib Desert	Angola and Namibia

List of Deserts in India:

·  Jaisalmer – Rajasthan

·  Kutch – Gujarat (White Salt Desert)

·  Pushkar – Rajasthan

·  Bikaner – Rajasthan

·  Jodhpur – Rajasthan

·  Chittorgarh – Rajasthan

·  Kumbhalgarh – Rajasthan

·  Ajmer – Rajasthan

·  Bundi – Rajasthan

·  Khimsar – Rajasthan

·  Ladakh – Jammu and Kashmir

·  Spiti – Himachal Pradesh (Desert Mountain Valley)

·  Nubra Valley – Kashmir

·  Great Thar Desert- Boundary between India and Pakistan