Important Deserts of the World
Deserts cover a good number of questions making it an important topic to cover in SSC Exams. Around 1-3 questions asks from this topic which surely makes it important for you to study the topic well for upcoming SSC and Other Competitive Exams.Here is important deserts & its facts for SSC Exams which you should not ignore.
Important Deserts of the world
Desert : A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. in desert their is less precipitation.
1. Continent: Antarctica
- Desert Name: Antartic
2. Continent : Asia,Europe , North America
- Desert Name: Arctic desert
3. Continent: Asia
- Desert Name: Karakorum, Thar desert,Kyzyl Kum,Taklamakan
4. Continent:Africa
- Desert Name: Kalahari,Namib,Sahara,
5. Continent: Australia
- Desert Name: Gibson,Great Sandy,Great Victoria,Simpson,Tanami
6. Continent: Europe
- Desert Name: Arabian,Dasht-e Kavir,Dasht-e Lut
7. Continent: North America
- Desert Name:Great Basin,Mojave,Sonoran
8. Continent: South America
Desert Name: Atacama,Patagonian
Important Points to be remember about Important Desert of the World
Desert Name:Antartic
- largest desert in the world
- largest cold desert in the world
- present in south pole
- area: 1,38,29,430 square km
- Type: polar
Desert Name:Arctic Desert
- second largest desert in the world
- area:1,37,26,937 square km
- Type: polar
- present in south pole
Desert Name: Gobi
- present in asia
- area:1,300,000 square km
- cold winter desert
Desert Name: Sahara
- largest hot desert
- present in africa
- subtropical deseert
- 94,00,000 square km
Desert Name: Atacama
- The Driest Desert on the Earth
- area 1,40,000 square km
- present in Chile
- Type: Cool Coastal
Desert Name: Great Basin
- Type: Cold Winter
- Present in US
- area: 4,92,000 square km
Types of Question can be Asked in Exams
- Which is the largest desert of the world : Antarctica Desert
- Which is the largest cold desert in the world: Antarctica Desert
- Which is the largest hot desert of the world: Sahara Desert
- Which is the largest desert of india: Thar Desert
- Which is the largest driest desert of the world: Atacama desert ( Present in chile in south america )
- Which is the second largest desert of the world: Arctic Desert
- Where is aklamakan desert : China