Where Are The Largest Deserts in The World?

Contrary to the general idea, deserts are not always located in warm areas and do not represent only sand dunes.
Here are the largest deserts in the world:

1/ Antarctica (polar desert)
Area: 14 million km2
Location: Antarctica

2/ The Arctic (polar desert)
Area: 13.7 million km2
Location: United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia

3/ The Sahara (hot desert)
Area: 9 million km2
Location: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Niger, Mali

4/ The Arabian Desert (hot desert)
Area: Over 2.3 million km2
Location: Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

5/ The Gobi Desert (cold desert)
Area: 1.3 million km2
Location: China, Mongolia

6/ The Kalahari Desert (hot desert)
Area: 900,000 km2
Location: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa

7/ Patagonia (cold desert)
Area: 787,291 km2
Location: Argentina

8/ The Great Victoria Desert (hot desert)
Area: 647,000 km2
Location: Australia

9/ The Syrian Desert (hot desert)
Area: 520 km2
Location: Syria, Jordan, Iraq

10/ The Great Basin (hot desert)
Area: 492 km2
Location: United States

11/ The Chihuahua Desert (cold desert)
Area: 450,000 km2
Location: Mexico, United States

12/ The Great Sand Desert (hot desert)
Area: 400,000 km2
Location: Australia

13/ The Karakum Desert (hot desert)
Area: 350 km2
Location: Turkmenistan

14/ The Colorado Plateau (cold desert)
Area: 337 km2
Location: United States