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Antarctica - 5,400,000 square miles

Sahara Desert - 3,320,000+ square miles

Arabian Desert - 900,000 square miles

Gobi Desert - 500,000 square miles

Kalahari Desert - 360,000 square miles

Patagonian Desert - 260,000 square miles

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Deserts cover 33 percent of the land area of the earth.

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Deserts can range from small areas to a whole continent - Antarctica. The total area of deserts which are larger than 20 thousand square miles, is approx 4 million square miles.

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