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Lesson plan 12 - Hµ Thu Hoµ - Chieng Sinh Upper Secondary School
The World’s Largest Deserts
Desert Location square miles square kilometers
Sahara northern Africa 3,500,000 9,065,000
Gobi Mongolia/northeastern China 500,000 1,290,000
Patagonian Argentina 260,000 670,000
Rub al Khali southern Arabian Peninsula 250,000 650,000
Great Sandy northwestern Australia 150,000 390,000
Great Victoria southwestern Australia 150,000 390,000
Chihuahuan Mexico/southwestern United States 140,000 360,000
Takla Makan northern China 140,000 360,000
Sonoran Mexico/southwestern United States 120,000 310,000
*These area figures are estimates because the boundaries of deserts are not always clear.
Do you think of a desert as a hot, dry place where sand stretches as far as you can see? The Sahara in North Africa is
like that, but most deserts are not. All deserts are dry, but some deserts are very cold. Plants and animals live in most
deserts. People have learned to live in deserts all over the world.
Lesson plan 12 - Hµ Thu Hoµ - Chieng Sinh Upper Secondary School
Great Sandy Desert, Australia
Deserts get very little rain. But trees, shrubs, and wildflowers can grow in some desert
areas. One such area is the Great Sandy Desert in Australia.
Lesson plan 12 - Hµ Thu Hoµ - Chieng Sinh Upper Secondary School
Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert in Mongolia and China is the coldest desert in the world.
Desert Oasis
An oasis is fertile ground with water in a desert. At an oasis, plants such as these palm trees
can grow and people can refill their water supplies.