Largest Deserts In The World

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There four main types of deserts on this planet, including hot and dry, semi-arid, coastal and cold deserts

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Hot and dry deserts have warm and dry temperatures year-round. Semi-arid deserts have long, dry summers with some rain in the winter

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Coastal deserts have the most humidity of all four types, but rainfall is still rare. Cold deserts are dry and extremely cold

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Antarctica is the largest continent, as well as the largest desert in the world. It is also the coldest desert on this planet 

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The Arctic Polar, a cold desert, is the second-largest desert in the world, covering about 5.4 million square miles

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The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert, covering 3.5 million square miles. It's also the third largest desert overall

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The Arabian Desert is the second largest hot desert in the world and the fourth largest desert overall

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Gobi Desert is the fifth largest covering 1.3 million square kilometers. A cold desert located in northern China and southern Mongolia

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The Syrian desert is semi-arid and one of the largest deserts in the world, covering 1.9 million square miles of West Asia

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