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15 largest deserts in the world

It's time to speak about something hot, more specifically about deserts. So today you're gonna guess top 15 largest deserts in the world and useful tips will help you.
This quiz do not contain cold deserts like Antarctic or Arctic
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Last updated: December 22, 2019
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9,100,000
Its name means «deserts» in Arabic
Sahara
2,330,000
This desert is formed by a bunch of smaller deserts like Rub' al Khali, An Nafud and others
Arabian
1,300,000
Walking across this desert you can find some yurts of modern day nomads
Gobi
900,000
It's the large storage of diamonds
Kalahari
673,000
This region is inhabited by indigenous Mapuche people
Patagonian
647,000
It is the largest desert of Australia, which covers around 5% of total Australia area
Great Victoria
520,000
Two mighty rivers, that gave the life to ancient Babylonians, cross this desert
Syrian
492,000
It's the alpine desert, where it usually snows in winter
Great Basin
450,000
This Middlewestern desert has the casual look of Wild West landscape
Chihuahuan
400,000
The phenomenon of this desert is high rain rate, especially in the northern regions
Great Sandy
350,000
«The Gates to Hell» — the crater, from what burning gas is coming, located in this desert
Karakum
337,000
Grand Canyon is located in this deserty place
Colorado Plateau
310,000
The golden nugget of this desert is giant saguaro cactus
Sonoran
300,000
Baikonur — the first comsomdrome built by human, is located near this desert
Kyzylkum
270,000
This desert looks like huge sandy stain on Asia map
Taklamakan
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