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Countries containing deserts

List the countries that contain desert Koeppen climates. (Bwh/Bwk)
Polar deserts are not included in this list, nor are barren/remote areas that are called deserts colloquially
Largely based off of Beck et al 1980-2016 Koeppen climate maps gathered from Wikipedia
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Last updated: December 10, 2021
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Djibouti
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Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
India
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
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Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Niger
Oman
Pakistan
Peru
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
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Spain
Sudan
Cape Verde
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles)
United Kingdom (Ascension Island)
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Level 68
Nov 19, 2021
One country that I did not include was Italy. The legend for its Koeppen map does include Hot Desert/Bwh climates, but for the life of me I was unable to confirm this, despite looking at climate charts for towns up and down Sicily, southern Italy, and making sure to look at any offshore islands where it might be a possibility. In the end, as it was a companion to a koeppen map that showed future climates in 2100, that had a tiny hot desert region a few kilometers across in northern Apulia, I concluded that this classification was only included in the legend because it was a climate in Italy in 2100. I may be wrong on this.

Included Canada. I did include it as I was able to find some vague assertions that parts of the Thompson River Valley entered a Cold Desert/Bwk climate. Climate stations in the area get really, really close, so I could believe it.

Also included, Nepal. It looks like a few induvidual kilometer patches are dry enough in a couple mountain valleys.

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Level 68
Dec 10, 2021
Removed duplicate Sudan, added Cape Verde. Also added the Netherlands, which has a hot desert climate in the Netherlands Antilles, and the UK, which supports a desert environment in Ascension Island.