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Name That Major Desert

Can you name all the major deserts in the world?
Key World - MAJOR
According to http://geology.com/records/largest-desert.shtml
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Single Clues Of Deserts
Type Of Desert
Surface Area
Answer
Home Of The Dry Valleys
Polar
5.5 million mi²
Antarctica
Indigenous People Called Inuit
Polar
5.4 million mi²
Arctic
Snowed in February 19th, 1979
Subtropical
3.5 million mi²
Sahara
South of Fertile Cresent
Subtropical
1 million mi²
Arabian
Only 5% is sand dunes
Cold Winter
500,000 mi²
Gobi
Magellanic penguin origin
Cold Winter
260,000 mi²
Patagonian
In winter, it falls to 18 to 23 °C
Subtropical
250,000 mi²
Great Victoria
“Meerkat Manor” was produced here
Subtropical
220,000 mi²
Kalahari
Fremont People inhabited the area
Cold Winter
190,000 mi²
Great Basin
Known as "Badiyat al-Sham"
Subtropical
190,000 mi²
Syrian
Name of a Dog + n
Subtropical
175,000 mi²
Chihuahuan
The Uluru Rock is located here
Subtropical
150,000 mi²
Great Sandy
Black Sand in Turkic languages
Cold Winter
135,000 mi²
Kara-Kum
Four Corners Monument is in here
Cold Winter
130,000 mi²
Colorado Plateau
Covers Officer Basin & Canning Basin
Subtropical
120,000 mi²
Gibson
Saguaro Cacti grow here
Subtropical
120,000 mi²
Sonoran
Also spelled Qyzylqum
Cold Winter
115,000 mi²
Kyzyl-Kum
In the Xinjiang Uyghur Region in China
Cold Winter
105,000 mi²
Taklamakan
Alborz Mountains to Central plateau
Cold Winter
100,000 mi²
Iranian
60% of the desert lies in Rajasthan State
Subtropical
75,000 mi²
Thar
World's longest parallel sand dunes
Subtropical
56,000 mi²
Simpson
The Death Valley is located here
Subtropical
54,000 mi²
Mojave
Driest Desert in the world
Cool Coastal
54,000 mi²
Atacama
Welwitschia Mirabilis, only founded here
Cool Coastal
13,000 mi²
Namib
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