The Sahara is rapidly expanding due to desertification.
The Taklamakan desert is 1000 km long and 400 km wide.
Patagonian Desert: 620,000 square km. Atacama Desert: 140,000 square km. Sechura Desert: 188,735 square km. In addition, there are two smaller deserts: The Monte Desert and the Guajira Desert for which I could not find the areas.
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1. Antarctica - not including the coastal regions-about 14 million sq km, Antarctica 2. Sahara - 9.4 million sq km, North Africa 3. Arabian - 2.3 million sq km, Arabian peninsula 4. Gobi - 1.3 million sq km, China and Mongolia 5. Kalahari - 900,000 sq km, Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa 6. Patagonian Desert - 673,000 sq km, Argentina and Chile 7. Great Basin - 492,000 sq km, USA 8. Great Victoria Desert - 424,400 sq km, Australia 9. Chihuahuan Desert - 453,000 sq km, Mexico and USA 10. Kara-Kum - 349,650 sq km, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 11. Colorado Plateau - (includes many smaller deserts) 336,700 sq km, USA 12. Sonoran - 310,800 sq km, Mexico and United States 13. Kyzyl-Kum - 297,830 sq km, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 14. Great Sandy Desert - 284,993 sq km, Australia 15. Thar Desert - 200,000 sq km, India and Pakistan 16. Tanami Desert - 184,500 sq km, Angola and Namibia 17. Simpson Desert - 176,500 sq km, Australia 18. Gibson Desert - 156,000 sq km, Australia 19. Little Sandy Desert - 111,500 sq km, Australia 20. Atacama Desert - 105,000 sq km, Chile 21. Strzelecki Desert - 80,250 sq km, Australia 22. Dasht-e Kavir, 77000 sq km, Iran 23. Dasht-e Lut, 52000 sq km, Iran 24. Sturt Stony Desert, 29,750 sq km, Australia 25. Tirari Desert, 15,250 sq km, Australia 26. Pedirka Desert, 1,250 sq km, Australia
The biggest desert is the Sahara located in western Africa.The Sahara is the biggest hot desert.The biggest desert in the world is the Antarctic, which also qualifies as a desert because of its excessively low precipitation.The largest deserts are as follows:1. Antarctica - not including the coastal regions-about 14 million sq km, Antarctica2. Sahara - 9.4 million sq km, North Africa3. Arabian - 2.3 million sq km, Arabian peninsula4. Gobi - 1.3 million sq km, China and Mongolia5. Kalahari - 900,000 sq km, Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa6. Patagonian Desert - 673,000 sq km, Argentina and Chile7. Great Basin - 492,000 sq km, USA8. Great Victoria Desert - 424,400 sq km, Australia9. Chihuahuan Desert - 453,000 sq km, Mexico and USA10. Kara-Kum - 349,650 sq km, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan11. Colorado Plateau - (includes many smaller deserts) 336,700 sq km, USA12. Sonoran - 310,800 sq km, Mexico and United States13. Kyzyl-Kum - 297,830 sq km, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan14. Great Sandy Desert - 284,993 sq km, Australia15. Thar Desert - 200,000 sq km, India and Pakistan16. Tanami Desert - 184,500 sq km, Angola and Namibiats) 336,700 sq km
(9400000 km^2/243610 km^2)=38.58626493 united kingdom will fit in Sahara desert.
No. The Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia covers 267,250 sq km. The Great Victoria Desert, which straddles Western and South Australia, is the largest desert, covering 348,750 sq km.
Sahara Desert - Among the lowest population densities of any place on Earth: about one person per 2.6 km2
The rate at which space expands is governed by the Hubble constant, currently estimated to be around 70 km/s per megaparsec. This means that for every 3.3 million light-years of distance, space is expanding at about 70 km/s.
~16,000 km²
The Arabian Desert, located on and near the Arabian Peninsula is the largest in Asia at 2,330,000 square km.