The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and occupies approximately 10 percent of the African Continent.

The Sahara is a desert on the African continent. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres, it is the largest hot desert in the world.

Area: 9.2 million km²

Length: 4,800 km (3,000 mi)

Width: 1,800 km 

Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China and second largest in the world.

In Sindh, lies the world’s only fertile desert in the world. The Thar Desert stretches till the southeastern parts of Punjab, joining the Cholistan Desert. For hundreds of year, Thar has fostered a rich civilisation, strong cultural values and interfaith harmony. It is one of the world’s largest deserts and is the only fertile desert across the globe. Around 85 percent of the desert is in India while the remaining part is in Sindh.

Cholistan Desert is located 30 kilometers from Bahawalpur, Punjab. Locally this desert is known as Rohi.