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Berikut ialah senarai gurun mengikut saiz / keluasan gurun. Ia termasuk gurun yang lebih besar dari 50 000 km² (19 300 batu persegi).
Gurun lebih 50 000 km² [sunting]
| Kedudukan |
Nama |
Luas
(km²) |
Luas
(sq mi) |
Negara |
| 1 |
Gurun Antartika |
14,000,000 14 000 000[perlu rujukan] |
05,400,000 5 400 000 |
Antartika |
| 2 |
Gurun Sahara |
08,600,000 9 100 000[1] |
03,320,000 3 320 000+ |
Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia. |
| 3 |
Gurun Arab |
02,331,000 2 330 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,900,000 900 000 |
Arab Saudi, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Emiriah Arab Bersatu, Oman dan Yemen. |
| 4 |
Gurun Gobi |
01,300,000 1 300 000[1] |
00,500,000 500 000 |
Mongolia dan China |
| 5 |
Gurun Patagonia |
00,673,000 670 000[1] |
00,260,000 260 000 |
Argentina dan Chile |
| 6 |
Gurun Great Victoria |
00,647,000 647 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,250,000 250 000 |
Australia |
| 7 |
Gurun Great Basin |
00,492,000 492 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,190,000 190 000 |
Amerika Syarikat |
| 8 |
Gurun Chihuahuan |
00,450,000 450 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,175,000 175 000 |
Mexico dan United States |
| 9 |
Gurun Great Sdany |
00,400,000 400 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,150,000 150 000 |
Australia |
| 10 |
Gurun Karakum |
00,350,000 350 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,135,000 135 000 |
Turkmenistan |
| 11 |
Gurun Sonoran |
00,310,000 310 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,120,000 120 000 |
Mexico dan Amerika Syarikat |
| 12 |
Gurun Kyzyl Kum |
00,300,000 300 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,115,000 115 000 |
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan dan Turkmenistan |
| 13 |
Gurun Taklamakan |
00,270,000 360 000[1] |
00,105,000 105 000 |
China |
| 14 |
Gurun Kalahari |
00,260,000 260 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,100,000 100 000 |
Botswana, Namibia dan Afrika Selatan |
| 14 |
Kavir or Dasht-e Kavir |
00,260,000 260 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,100,000 100 000 |
Iran |
| 14 |
Gurun Syrian |
00,260,000 260 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,100,000 100 000 |
Syria, Jordan dan Iraq |
| 15 |
Gurun Thar |
00,200,000 200 000[perlu rujukan] |
00,077,000 77 000 |
India dan Pakistan |
| 16 |
Gurun Gibson |
00,155,000 155 000 |
00,060,000 60 000 |
Australia |
| 17 |
Gurun Simpson |
00,145,000 145 000 |
00,056,000 56 000 |
Australia |
| 18 |
Atacama |
00,140,000 140 000 |
00,054,000 54 000 |
Chile |
| 19 |
Gurun Namib |
00,135,000 135 000 |
00,052,000 52 000 |
Namibia |
| 20 |
Gurun Mojave |
00,065,000 65 000 |
00,025,000 25 000 |
Amerika Syarikat |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Planet Earth - Basic Facts dan Extremes". http://www.1world2travel.com/print.php?articleID=2830. Capaian 2007-10-06.