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  2. List of deserts by area - Wikipedia

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    It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 ... Rank Name Type Image Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Location [note 1] Nation(s) 1: Antarctic Desert: Polar ice and tundra ...

  3. Rub' al Khali Basin - Wikipedia

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    The Rub' al Khali Basin (ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي) or ar-Rubʻ al-Khālī / ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī Basin, Arabic for "Empty Quarter Basin", is a major endorheic sedimentary basin of approximately 560,000 square kilometres (220,000 sq mi) in southern Saudi Arabia, northeastern Yemen, southeastern Oman and southeasternmost United Arab Emirates.

  4. Rub' al Khali - Wikipedia

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    The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) long, and 500 kilometres (310 miles) wide. [4] Its surface elevation varies from 800 metres (2,600 ft) in the southwest to around sea level in the northeast. [5] Most of the terrain is ergs, with sand dunes up to 250 metres (820 ft) high, interspersed with gravel and gypsum plains.

  5. List of deserts - Wikipedia

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    Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Sahara Desert; Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains

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  7. List of North American deserts - Wikipedia

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    The Mojave Desert is the hottest desert in North America, located primarily in southeastern California and Southern Nevada. Its total area is 22,000 sq mi (57,000 km 2). The largest cold desert is the Great Basin Desert, which encompasses much of the northern Basin and Range Province, north of the Mojave Desert.

  8. ad-Dahna Desert - Wikipedia

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    The limestone floor of the Summan plateau, a karst area to the east of the ad-Dahna desert, is riddled with such caves, known locally as Dahls. [3] Some have tiny entrances which open into caves, others lead into a maze of passages which can be several kilometers long. Local Bedouin have always known these caves and some were used as water ...

  9. Geography of the Arab world - Wikipedia

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    Most of the Arab world falls in the driest region of the world. Almost 80% of it is covered in desert (10,666,637 of 13,333,296 km2), stretching from Mauritania and Morocco to Oman and the UAE. [citation needed] The second most common terrain is the semi-arid terrain, which found in all Arab countries except Lebanon and Comoros. [citation needed]