Sand Deserts
18 deserts.
Wahiba Sands
A relatively small but dramatic sand desert. Dunes reach 100 m. Home to Bedouin tribes. Un...
Empty Quarter
The largest continuous sand desert on Earth. Dunes reach 250 m. One of the most oil-rich a...
Simpson Desert
Known for its parallel red sand dunes, the longest running north-south for 200 km. Rainfal...
White Sands
The largest gypsum dune field in the world. The white sand is rare - gypsum usually dissol...
Sahara Central
The Tenere means desert in Tuareg. One of the hottest and driest parts of the Sahara. A si...
Ulan Buh
A sand desert in Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger Badain Jaran desert system. Sand encro...
Badain Jaran
Contains some of the tallest stationary dunes on Earth, up to about 500 m high. Over 140 s...
Tengger Desert
The Shapotou desert research station pioneered sand fixation techniques used worldwide. Th...
Kumtag Desert
Means sand mountain in Uyghur. Adjacent to the ancient city of Dunhuang. The Crescent Lake...
Rigestan
A sandy desert in southern Afghanistan. Mostly uninhabited. Extreme heat in summer. The He...
Sahara Morocco
The Erg Chebbi dunes near Merzouga are the most accessible Saharan dunes. Dunes reach 150 ...
Great Sand Sea
A vast field of long parallel dunes along the Egypt-Libya border. Libyan desert glass, a n...
An Nafud
A great sand desert in the north of the Arabian Peninsula. Famous for its red dunes colore...
Pinnacles Desert
Thousands of limestone pillars rise from yellow sand in Nambung National Park north of Per...
Carcross Desert
Often called the smallest desert in the world, though too wet to be a true desert. The dun...
Bledow Desert
The largest area of loose sand in Poland, between Krakow and Katowice. Largely created by ...
Oleshky Sands
One of the largest sandy areas in Europe, on the left bank of the lower Dnieper. Ancient r...
Deliblato Sands
The largest sandy terrain in Europe, a remnant of sands left when the prehistoric Pannonia...