This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located.
Africa
- Algerian Desert – part of the Sahara located in Algeria
- Arabian Desert – a desert stretching from Eastern Egypt to Iraq
- Blue Desert – a desert in Egypt
- Kalahari Desert – covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
- Karoo – a semi-desert region in South Africa
- Libyan Desert – part of the Sahara located in Libya
- Namib Desert – a desert in present day Namibia
- Nubian Desert – a desert in present day Sudan
- Owami Desert – a desert in Nigeria
- Sahara Desert – the world’s largest hot desert
- Sinai Desert – a desert located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
- White Desert – a desert in Egypt
Antarctica
- Antarctica Desert – largest tundra/desert in the world.
Arctic Basin
- Arctic Desert – large tundra
- Russian Arctic – the large tundra in Russia
- North American Arctic – large tundra on the North America
Asia
- Badain Jaran – a desert located in China
- Betpak-Dala – a desert located in Kazakhstan
- Cholistan – a desert in India and Pakistan
- Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in center
- Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
- Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China
- Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan
- Kara Kum – a large Central Asian desert
- Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan
- Kyzyl Kum – a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Lop Desert – a desert in China
- Ordos – a desert in northern China
- Rub’ al Khali – a desert located at Saudi Arabia
- Taklamakan – a desert located in China
- Thal Desert – a desert in Punjab of Pakistan
- Thar Desert – a desert in Pakistan and India
- Akshi Desert – a desert in India
Australia & New Zealand
- Central Desert – a central Australian desert
- Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
- Rangipo Desert – a barren desert-like plateau (with 1.5-2.5 m/yr rainfall) on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand
- Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
- Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
- Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert
Europe
- Accona Desert – a semi-Desert in Southern Italy
- Bardenas Reales – a semi-desert in Navarra, Spain (455 km²)
- Błędowska Desert – a desert located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (32 km²)
- Deliblatska Peščara – a desert located in Vojvodina, Serbia (300 km²)
- Highlands of Iceland – the interior plateau of Iceland; not a desert by climate, but effectively one because precipitation penetrates the volcanic soil so quickly that it is unavailable to plants
- Monegros Desert – a semi-desert in Aragón, Spain
- Oleshky Sands – a desert located in Ukraine near Askania-Nova biosphere reserve (15 km in diameter)
- Oltenian Sahara – a desert spanning approximately 80.000 hectares or 800 km² in the Romanian historical province of Oltenia
- Piscinas – a desert located in South-West Sardinia, Italy; is one of the biggest in Europe (5 km²)
- Tabernas Desert – a desert in Almería, Spain (280 km²)
Middle East
- Arabian Desert – a vast desert complex on the Arabian Peninsula comprising the Al-Dahna Desert, Empty Quarter, Nefud Desert and other deserts
- Dasht-e Kavir – a desert in central Iran
- Dasht-e Lut – a large salt desert in southeastern Iran
- Judean Desert – a desert in eastern Israel and in the West Bank
- Maranjab Desert – a desert in central Iran
- Negev – a desert located in southern Israel
- Ramlat al-Sab`atayn- a sand desert in central & northeastern Yemen, part of the Empty Quarter
- Wahiba Sands – a desert in Oman
North America
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Colorado Desert
- Mojave Desert
- Sonoran Desert
South America
- Atacama – a desert in Chile and Peru, the driest place on Earth
- La Guajira Desert – a desert in northern Colombia
- Monte Desert – in Argentina, a smaller desert above the Patagonian
- Patagonian Desert – the largest desert by area in the Americas, located in Argentina and Chile
- Sechura Desert – a desert located along a portion of the northwestern coast in Peru
