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This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). Some of Earth 's biggest non-polar deserts
West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia , the Arabian Peninsula , Iran , Mesopotamia , the Armenian highlands , the Levant , the island of Cyprus , the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus .
The Rub' al-Khali desert is a sedimentary basin stretching along a south-west to north-east axis across the Arabian Shelf. [5] At an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), rock landscapes yield to the Rub' al-Khali, a vast stretch of sand whose extreme southern point crosses the center of Yemen.
Kara Kum – a large desert in Central Asia; Lop Desert – a desert in China; Ordos – a desert in northern China Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China; Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China; Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China Badain Jaran Desert – a desert in China; Hami Desert – a desert in China; Tengger Desert – a ...
Category: Deserts of Asia by country. 6 languages. ... Deserts of the United Arab Emirates (4 P) Deserts of Uzbekistan (5 P) Y. Deserts of Yemen (4 P)
South Asia has a total area of 5.2 million sq.km (2 million sq.mi), which is 10% of the Asian continent. [30] The population of South Asia is estimated to be 2.04 billion [8] or about one-fourth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world. [31]
Russia, or "the Russian Federation," is a nation of Europe. The "Northern Asia" name is unofficially recognized; for example, the UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names includes an Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division. "Northern Asia" comes from traditional usage, which divides Europe from Asia at the Ural Mountains.
Deserts of Central Asia (4 C, 14 P) Deserts of Asia by country (20 C) Pages in category "Deserts of Asia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.