| Meaning | arid land with little or no vegetation. |
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| Instances | Arabian Desert, Great Arabian Desert | A desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia |
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| Arabian Desert, Eastern Desert | A desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea |
| Atacama Desert | A desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits |
| Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert | general name given to all desert areas in Australia |
| Black Rock Desert | A desert in northwestern Nevada |
| Chihuahuan Desert | A desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico |
| Colorado Desert | An arid region of southeastern California |
| Dasht-e-Kavir, Kavir Desert, Great Salt Desert | A salt desert in north central Iran |
| Dasht-e-Lut, Lut Desert | A desert in eastern Iran |
| Death Valley | A desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada |
| Gibson Desert | A desert area in western Australia |
| Gila Desert | A desert area in southern Arizona |
| Gobi, Gobi Desert | A desert in central China |
| Great Sandy Desert | A desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert |
| Great Victoria Desert | A desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain |
| Kalahari, Kalahari Desert | A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana |
| Kara Kum, Qara Qum, Turkestan Desert | A desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea |
| Kyzyl Kum, Kizil Kum, Qizil Qum | A desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea |
| Libyan Desert | The northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan |
| Mojave, Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mohave Desert | A desert area in southern California and western Arizona |
| Namib Desert | A desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean |
| Nefud, An Nefud, Nafud, An Nafud | A desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds |
| Negev, Negev Desert | A desert in southern Israel |
| Nubian Desert | An arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea |
| Painted Desert | A desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona |
| Patagonian Desert | A semiarid region in southern South America |
| Rub al-Khali, Ar Rimsal, Dahna, Great Sandy Desert | A desert in southern Saudi Arabia |
| Sahara, Sahara Desert | The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa |
| Simpson Desert | A desert region of central Australia |
| Sinai, Sinai Desert | A desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt |
| Sonoran Desert | A desert in southwestern Arizona |
| Syrian Desert | A desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia |
| Taklimakan Desert, Taklamakan Desert | A desert in western China |
| Thar Desert, Great Indian Desert | A desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan |
| Parts | oasis | A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface) |
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| Broader | biome | A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate |
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| tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
| Spanish | desierto, desiertos |
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| Catalan | desert |
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