Deserts of the World for Competitive Exams

 Deserts of the World

Desert: A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life in desert their is less precipitation
1. Continent: Antarctica

• Desert Name: Antartic

2. Continent: Asia, Europe, North america:

• Desert Name: Arctic desert

3. Continent: Asia

• Desert Name: Karakorum, Thar desert, Kyzyl Kum, Taklamakan

4. Continent: Africa

• Desert Name: Kalahari, Namib, Sahara,

5. Continent: Australia

• Desert Name: Gibson, Great Sandy, Great Victoria, Simpson, Tanami

6. Continent: Europe

• Desert Name: Arabian, Dasht-e Kavir, Dasht-e Lut

7. Continent: North America

• Desert Name: Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran

8. Continent: South America

• Desert Name: Atacama, Patagonian

Important Points to be remember about Important desert of the world

Desert name: Antartic

• Largest desert in the world
• Largest cold desert in the world
• Present in south pole
• Area: 1,38,29,430 square km
• Type: polar

Desert name: Arctic desert

• Second largest desert in the world
• Area: 1,37,26,937 square km
• Type: polar
• Present in south pole

Desert name: Gobi

• Present in asia
• Area: 1,300,000 square km
• Cold winter desert

Desert name: Sahara

• Largest hot desert
• Present in africa
• Subtropical deseert
• 94,00,000 square km

Desert name: Atacama

• The Driest Desert on the Earth
• Area: 1,40,000 square km
• Present in Chile
• Type: Cool Coastal

Desert name: Great Basin

• Type: Cold Winter
• Present in US
• Area: 4,92,000 square km

Types of Question Can be asked in SSC & Other competitive Exam

1. Which is the largest desert of the world: Antarctica desert
2. Which is the largest cold desert in the world: Antarctica desert
3. Which is the largest hot desert of the world: Sahara desert
4. Which is the largest desert of India: Thar desert
5. Which is the largest driest desert of the world: Atacama desert (present in chile in south america)
6. Which is the second largest desert of the world: Arctic desert
7. Where is Taklamakan desert: china