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Desert

Kalahari Desert

The 4th largest of the 34 deserts measured in this atlas.

surface area 930,000 km² · 4th/34
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement

Surface area
930,000 km²
Elevation
1,168 m
Length
4,000 km
Width
200 km
Highest point
Brandberg
Countries
4 countries
Wikidata
Q47700

Among the world's deserts

Each line is every one of the deserts in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.

  1. Surface area930,000 km²4th of 34 · median 192,500 km²
  2. Elevation1,168 m6th of 21 · median 500 m
  3. Length4,000 km2nd of 13 · median 1,000 km
  4. Width200 km7th of 12 · median 260 km

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