Which is the smallest desert in the world?

With an area of approximately 2.58 km², this desert is considered the smallest desert in the world.

Questions

Question 1: Which is the smallest desert in the world?

A. Carcross Desert

B. Gobi Desert

C. Great Basin Desert

D. Syrian Desert

Carcross Desert.

Question 2: In which continent is the Sahara Desert located?

A. Asia

B. Africa

C. Both Asia and Africa

Question 3: How many countries own parts of the Sahara?

A. 10

B. 11

C. 12

Question 4: What is the record high temperature recorded in the Sahara?

A. 57.7 degrees Celsius

B. 58.7 degrees Celsius

C. 59.7 degrees Celsius

Question 5: Which is the hottest desert in the world?

A. Gobi Desert

B. Sahara Desert

C. Kalahari Desert

Question 6: Which desert in Asia is famous for its stunning landscape?

A. Sahara Desert

B. Chihuahua Desert

C. Gobi Desert

Question 7: Which desert in South America is likened to Mars due to its extreme dryness?

A. Great Victoria Desert

B. Atacama Desert

C. Syrian Desert

Answers

Question 1: Answer A – Carcross Desert. With an area of approximately 2.58 km², Carcross located in Canada is considered the smallest desert in the world. For scientists, Carcross remains an unsolved puzzle. According to geologist Panya Lipovsky from the Yukon Geological Survey in Canada, the uniqueness of this desert is the result of 10,000 years of natural upheaval. It was frozen around 11,000 to 24,000 years ago, with a thick ice layer of up to 1 km above.

Question 2: Answer B – Africa. The Sahara (Arabic for “the Great Desert”) is the largest desert on Earth, the third largest arid region on the planet (after Antarctica and the Arctic), covering over 9,000,000 km², roughly the size of the United States and China. The Sahara is located in the northern part of Africa and is about 2.5 million years old.

Question 3: Answer B – 11. The Sahara is continuously expanding. From 1962 to the present, this desert has grown by nearly 650,000 km². Parts of the Sahara are owned by 11 countries, including Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Morocco, Eritrea, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, and Sudan.

Question 4: Answer A – 57.7 degrees Celsius. The record high temperature in the Sahara was recorded in Azizia, Libya, in 1922, reaching 57.7 degrees Celsius.

Question 5: Answer B – Sahara Desert. With an average temperature of around 29 degrees Celsius, peaking above 49 degrees Celsius, the Sahara in Africa is indeed the hottest desert on Earth.

Question 6: Answer C – Gobi Desert. The Gobi Desert, located in Mongolia and northern China, is renowned for its stunning natural scenery despite its arid conditions. It is considered one of the most beautiful deserts in the world.

Question 7: Answer B – Atacama Desert. Covering an area of 105,000 km², the Atacama Desert stretches from southern Peru to northern Chile, so arid that its landscape has been compared to that of Mars, with an average annual rainfall of only about 15 mm. Here, even cacti cannot survive. The Atacama Desert is referred to as “the place to forget that there is something called water on Earth.”

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