Does Every Continent Have a Major Desert?

Yes—except Europe.

• Antarctica: Antarctic Desert (14.2M km²) – cold desert, largest on Earth.
• Arctic: Arctic Desert (13.9M km²) – polar desert across northern N. America, Greenland, Europe, Asia.
• Africa: Sahara (9.2M km²) – hot desert.
• Asia: Arabian Desert (2.3M km²), Gobi (1.3M km²).
• Australia: Great Victoria Desert (647,000 km²).
• North America: Chihuahuan (360,000 km²), Great Basin (492,000 km²).
• South America: Atacama (105,000 km²), Patagonian (670,000 km²).

Europe has semi-arid zones (e.g., Tabernas, Spain; Oltenia, Romania) but no true desert (Köppen BWh/BWk). The Arctic Desert touches northern Europe (Svalbard, Franz Josef Land), but the continent proper lacks one.