7 Largest Deserts In The World

Australian Desert

The Australian Desert covers 18% of the Australian mainland with 1,371,000 km. About 35% of the Australian continent receives so little rain that it is effectively a desert. Deserts in Australia are mainly distributed throughout the western plateau and the interior lowlands of the country.

Additionally, the deserts of Western Australia are well explained by the slight evaporation of the cold ocean current of the Western Australian Current of polar origin, which prevents significant precipitation in the interior of the continent.

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