Top 10 Largest Deserts In United States In 2023

By, Muhd. Faizan

Date - 28/09/2023

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Great Basin Desert

The Great Basin Desert is the largest desert in the United States, covering over 200,000 square miles.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is the largest desert in North America, covering 40,000 square miles of California, Nevada, and Arizona.

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Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert is a subtropical desert that spans parts of Arizona, California, and Mexico.

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Chihuahuan Desert

The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest desert in North America, spanning over 500,000 square kilometers of Mexico and the United States.

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Colorado Plateau Desert

The Colorado Plateau Desert is the largest high-desert region in North America, covering 130,000 square miles across four states.

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Great Plains Desert

There is no Great Plains Desert. The largest desert in the world is the Antarctic Desert, which covers an area of 14.2 million square kilometers.

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Great American Desert

The Great American Desert is a historical term for the arid and semi-arid regions of the western United States, but it is no longer considered a single desert.

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Basin and Range Desert

The Great Basin Desert is the largest desert in the United States, covering 190,000 square miles.

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Cascade Range Desert

The largest Cascade Range desert is the Deschutes Basin, a high-desert plateau in central Oregon that covers over 10,000 square miles.

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Columbia Basin Desert

The Alvord Desert, located in southeastern Oregon, is the largest desert in the Columbia Basin, covering an area of 1,200 square kilometers.

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