The desert is terrible, because the ground is completely covered with sand, plants are scarce, rain is scarce, the air is dry, and it is inhuman, which is not at all suitable for human habitation and life.
Having a desert is not a good thing for a country, which means that this part of the desert land is basically unusable, and cannot be inhabited by humans, and even the desert may be weathered and eroded by the surrounding land!
Of course, deserts do not all mean barren and abandoned, some deserts contain abundant oil underneath, which can bring huge wealth to the country!
World Famous Deserts:
1. Sahara Desert-Africa: 9.32 million square kilometers
The Sahara Desert, located in the northern part of the African continent, covers an area of about 9.32 million square kilometers, which is about the same size as China's territory, and is the largest barren desert in the world.
The Sahara Desert stretches from the Red Sea in the east, the Atlantic coast in the west, the Sudanese steppes in the south, and the Mediterranean Sea in the north.
Originally, the Sahara Desert region was a poor and underdeveloped country, but in the 50s of the last century, after the discovery of oil in the Sahara Desert, Libya, Algeria, Niger and other countries became important oil producers, and the national economy has developed rapidly.
The Sahara Desert also includes the Libyan Desert and the Arabian Desert.
2. Australian Desert-Oceania: 1.55 million square kilometers
The Great Australian Desert is located in the southwest of Australia, with scarce rain and unusually arid, reaching up to 50 degrees Celsius in summer, and strong winds howling over the desert all day long, known as the Death Zone.
But more than 3,600 species of plants have been found in the Australian desert, known as desert gardens!
3. Gobi Desert - Asia: 1.3 million square kilometers
The Gobi Desert is located between Mongolia and China, is the northernmost desert in the world, mainly located in the southern Mongolia provinces of East Gobi, Middle Gobi, South Gobi, Gobi Altai and other provinces, as well as the western Erenhot area of the Xilin Gol League of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the mainland, the two sides of the Gobi Desert are called the south of the desert and the north of the desert.
The Gobi Desert has been a gathering place for northern nomads since ancient times, and whenever there is a famine, they will cross the Gobi Desert and invade the Central Plains.
4. Patagonian Desert - South America, 670,000 square kilometers
The Patagonian Desert, located in the Patagonian Plateau in southern South America, on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains in Argentina, contains almost all the territory of southern Argentina, with a small part in Chile.
5. Rub al-Khali Desert (Arabian Desert) - Asia, 650,000 square kilometers
The Rub al-Khali Desert, located in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, occupies a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and covers an area of 650,000 square kilometers, covering almost all the territory in southern Saudi Arabia and extending to Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the south, and is the largest mobile desert in the world.
The Rub al-Khali Desert is one of the great wonders of the desert due to its rich iron oxide red color.
The rub al-al-khali desert is rich in groundwater and oil.
6. Kalahari Desert - Africa, 630,000 square kilometers
The Kalahari Desert, located in the southern interior of Africa, is also known as the Kalahari Basin.
The Kalahari Desert occupies almost all of Botswana and eastern Namibia and northern South Africa, but it does not have much oil resources.
7. Karakum Desert - Asia, 350,000 square kilometers
The Karakum Desert, located in the southern part of Central Asia, is the largest desert in Central Asia, with an area of 350,000 square kilometers and occupies almost 70% of Turkmenistan's territory.
Owning this desert is not a bad thing for Turkmenistan, but a great thing, because there are huge oil resources hidden under the Karakum Desert, with oil reserves of 3.5 billion tons, which is equivalent to China's oil imports in 6 years, which is simply a cornucopia!
8. Taklamakan Desert - Asia, 330,000 square kilometers
The Taklamakan Desert, located in the center of the Tarim Basin in the south of Xinjiang, is the largest desert in the mainland, the second largest mobile desert in the world, and the largest quicksand area in the world.
Rich oil resources have been found on the northern and southern edges of the Taklamakan Desert.
The easternmost edge of the Taklamakan Desert is the famous Lop Nur!
9. Syrian desert - Asia, 320,000 square kilometers
The Syrian desert is located in northern Saudi Arabia, western Iraq, southern Syria and eastern Jordan.
Other Deserts:
Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert) - Asia, 200,000 square kilometers
The Great Indian Desert, located on the border between India and Pakistan, is bordered by the Indus River to the west, the Indian Malwa Plateau to the east, and the Punjab Plain to the north.
Sonora Desert - North America, covering an area of 310,000 square kilometers
Located on the border between the United States and Mexico, Solano is the largest and hottest desert in North America, encompassing large areas of Arizona and California in the United States and Sonora, Mexico.
The Solano Desert is home to many unique plants and animals, such as the North American Giant's Pillar Cactus, etc.
Although Solano is a desert, it has a unique and colorful desert scenery, and even Hollywood directors like to shoot in this desert.
Europe is indeed a good place, it seems that there are no deserts at all in everyone's impression, but Europe actually has deserts!
For example, the Rennes Desert, 50,000 square kilometers
Located in the easternmost part of Europe, between the Ural River, the Volga River and the Caspian Sea, the Rennes Desert covers an area of about 50,000 square kilometers and is located in the European part of Kazakhstan, which is the largest desert in Europe.
Although the Rennes Desert is the largest in Europe, it can only be a drop in the bucket compared to the deserts of other continents!