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The Kalahari Desert is a large semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa

Covering 900,000 km2 (350,000 sq mi),

Including much of Botswana, as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa.

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Europe is the only continent without a desert.

It has a temperate climate with sufficient rainfall.

Key information about Europe:

• Divided by the Ural Mountains
• Second-smallest continent
• Covers 2% of Earth’s surface
• Area: 10.18 million km²

Last verified on 16-01-2026

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• Area: ~2,330,000 km²
• Location: Covers Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar

• 1. Sahara – 9,200,000 km²
• 3. Gobi – 1,295,000 km²
• 4. Kalahari – 900,000 km²

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Taklamakan Desert is the largest desert in northwest China..

It is the second largest in the world.

Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by

• the Kunlun Mountains to the south
• the Pamir Mountains to the west
• the Tian Shan range to the north
• the Gobi Desert to the east

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The Great Sandy Desert is located in Australia.

It specifically in the northwest part of the country.

It covering around 284,000 square kilometers.

It is the second largest desert in the entire continent.