1. China
- Taklamakan Desert
- Gobi Desert
2. Mongolia
- Gobi Desert
3. United States
- Great Basin Desert (parts of Nevada, Utah, and Oregon)
4. Mexico
- Sonoran Desert (in the northwestern states)
5. Argentina
- Patagonian Desert
6. Chile
- Atacama Desert
7. Iran
- Dasht-e Kavir
- Dasht-e Lut
8. Afghanistan
- Dasht-e Margo
9. Kazakhstan
- Kyzylkum Desert
- Karakum Desert
10. Kyrgyzstan
- Tien Shan Mountains