Maps of the Gobi 

The Gobi is the largest desert in Asia being around 1.2 million square kilometers in size, and the fifth largest desert in the world. The desert is mainly situated in a high basin with the Altai Mountains and Mongolian steppes to the north and the Tibetan Plateau and North China Plain to the south. The Gobi is a cold desert that can have subarctic winter temperatures but also hot summers. Due to deforestation and overgrazing, it is expanding.

Name                 Type of Desert            Surface Area                            Location
 
Antarctic              Polar                             14.5  million km2                             Antarctica
 
Arctic                   Polar                               14 million km                    Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway,
                                                                                                                                   Sweden, Finland, Russia 
 
Sahara                  Subtropical                  9 million km2                               Northern Africa 
 
Arabian               Subtropical                    2.6 million km2²                        Arabian Peninsula 
 
Gobi                    Cold                             1.2 million km²                  China and Mongolia