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Gobi Desert

The 2nd largest desert in the world

2,354,460km²

The Gobi Desert covers roughly 2,354,460 km², located in Mongolia, People's Republic of China, one of the world's major deserts.

Location: Mongolia, People's Republic of China.

Desert data from Wikidata (CC0).

Other major deserts

  1. Sahara9,200,000 km²
  2. Arabian Desert2,330,000 km²
  3. Libyan Desert1,100,000 km²
  4. Kalahari Desert930,000 km²
  5. Rub' al Khali680,000 km²
  6. Kazakh semi-desert678,871 km²
  7. Central Asian northern desert663,900 km²
  8. Syrian Desert518,000 km²