Below is a table with the 10 largest deserts in the world, which includes the following information: names; area (in square kilometers); the location or country in which they are located; geographic features that distinguish them from other deserts on Earth.
| number | Desert name | Features | ||
| 1 | Antarctic | 13 829 430 | Antarctica | The largest desert on Earth, and the southernmost. |
| 2 | Sugars | 9 200 000 | Algeria, Egypt, SADR, Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Chad | The largest hot desert in the world. |
| 3 | Desert Arabian Peninsula | 1 855 000 | Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia | Most of it is located in Saudi Arabia. |
| 4 | Gobi | 1 295 000 | Mongolia, China | The largest desert in Asia. |
| 5 | Syrian | 1 000 000 | Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria | The second largest desert in the Middle East. |
| 6 | Kalahari | 930 000 | Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa | The vast part is covered with red sand. |
| 7 | Patagonian | 572 880 | Argentina | The largest desert in South America. |
| 8 | Victoria’s Great Desert | 422 466 | Australia | Largest desert in Australia. |
| 9 | Great Basin Desert | 409 000 | USA | The largest desert in North America. |
| 10 | Arctic | 100 000 | Desert territories of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Our Country and Iceland. | The northernmost desert on Earth. |
Note: desert – it is a natural area; flat surface (completely or to a greater extent), which is practically devoid of flora and fauna.