The Largest Deserts in the World

Antarctic Desert 14.2M km2 is the largest. Arctic Desert 13.9M km2 second. Sahara 9.2M km2 is the largest hot desert.

Arabian 2.3M km2. Gobi 1.3M km2. Kalahari 930K km2.

Great Victoria 647K km2. Patagonian 673K km2. Syrian 519K km2. Great Basin 492K km2. A desert is defined by low precipitation, not temperature..