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Central Asian northern desert

The 8th largest desert in the world

663,900km²

The Central Asian northern desert covers roughly 663,900 km², located in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, one of the world's major deserts.

Location: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.

Desert data from Wikidata (CC0).

Other major deserts

  1. Sahara9,200,000 km²
  2. Gobi Desert2,354,460 km²
  3. Arabian Desert2,330,000 km²
  4. Libyan Desert1,100,000 km²
  5. Kalahari Desert930,000 km²
  6. Rub' al Khali680,000 km²
  7. Kazakh semi-desert678,871 km²
  8. Syrian Desert518,000 km²