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Desert Locations
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sahara Desert | Northern Africa Largest hot desert in the world |
| Kalahari Desert | Southwest Africa |
| Arabian Desert | Southwest Asia |
| Gobi Desert | Northern China/Southern Mongolia |
| Great Victoria Desert Great Sandy Desert Gibson Desert Simpson Desert | Australia |
| Great Basin Desert | Largest of the four US deserts. Often very cold and most of the precipitation that falls in the desert is snow. Located between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. It is mostly in the state of Nevada. |
| Mojave Desert | Southwest United States in California, Nevada, and Arizona. It sits between the Great Basin Desert to the north and the Sonoran Desert to the south. |
| Sonoran Desert (includes Colorado Desert and Yuma Desert) | Southwestern Arizona and Southeastern California and Baja California |
| Chihuahuan Desert | Northern Mexico/ Southwest US (southwest Texas, southern New Mexico, and southeast Arizona) The largest part of the desert is in Mexico. |
| Antarctica | South Pole Largest desert in the world |