how many types of desert are found in the world ?name them
Answers
Answer:
five types
five typesThe world's deserts can be divided into five types—subtropical, coastal, rain shadow, interior, and polar. Deserts are divided into these types according to the causes of their dryness.
Explanation:
Rank Name Type Image Area
(km²) Area
(sq mi) Location
1 Antarctica Polar Ice and Tundra Antarctica surface.jpg 14,000,000 5,405,000 Antarctica
2 Sahara Subtropical Sahara satellite hires.jpg 9,000,000+ 3,300,000+ Eastern Africa (Eritrea)
Middle Africa (Chad)
Northern Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, the Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara)
Western Africa (Mali, Mauritania, and Niger)
3 Australian Desert Subtropical Australia-climate-map MJC01.png 2,700,000 1,000,000 Australia
4 Arabian Desert Subtropical Arabian Desert.png 2,330,000[1] 900,000 Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen)
5 Gobi Desert Cold Winter Gobi.png 1,295,000 500,000 Eastern Asia (China and Mongolia)
6 Kalahari Desert Subtropical Kalahari.png 900,000[2] 360,000 Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa)
7 Patagonian Desert Cold Winter Patagonian.png 620,000 200,000 South America (Argentina and Chile)
8 Syrian Desert Subtropical Syrian Desert.png 520,000[3] 200,000 Western Asia (Iraq, Jordan, and Syria)
9 Great Basin Cold Winter Greatbasinmap.png 492,000[3] 190,000 United States
10 Chihuahuan Desert Subtropical Chihuahua desert.jpg 450,000[3] 175,000 Central America (Mexico)
Northern America (United States)
11 Karakum Desert Cold Winter Karakum.png 350,000[3] 135,000 Turkmenistan
12 Colorado Plateau Cold Winter Four corners.jpg 337,000[3] 130,000 United States
13 Sonoran Desert Subtropical Mojave-sonoran deserts.png 310,000[3] 120,000 Central America (Mexico)
Northern America (United States)
14 Kyzylkum Desert Cold Winter Kyzyl Kum.png 300,000[3] 115,000 Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan)
15 Taklamakan Desert Cold Winter Taklamakan.png 270,000 105,000 China
16 Thar Desert Subtropical Thar Desert satellite.jpg 200,000[4] 77,000 Southern Asia (India and Pakistan)
17 Dasht-e Margo Subtropical Kavir.png 150,000 58,000 Afghanistan
18 Registan Desert Subtropical The shifting dunes of the Northern Registan Desert 146,000 56,400 Afghanistan
19 Atacama Desert Mild Coastal Atacama.png 140,000[3] 54,000 South America (Chile and Peru)
20 Mojave Desert Subtropical Mojave-sonoran deserts.png 124,000[5][6] 48,000 United States
21 Columbia Basin Cold Winter Level IV ecoregions, Columbia Plateau.png 83,100[3] 32,100 United States
22 Namib Desert Cool Coastal Namib desert MODIS.jpg 81,000[3] 31,000 Middle Africa (Angola)
Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa)
23 Dasht-e Kavir Subtropical Kavir.png 77,000[7] 30,000 Iran
24 Dasht-e Lut Subtropical Dasht-e Lut Iran 2006-02-28 ISS012-E-18779.jpg 52,000[7]