The reported chart provides data concerning various deserts located in Africa, Asia and North America. Overall, a quick glance at the document reveals the different characteristics of each location, showing the sizes, the rates of average annual rainfall, the rates of average temperatures, and the temperature extremes.
Primarily, the Sahara Desert is reported to be the largest desert. With approximately 9,000,000 sq km, it depasses greatly the sizes of the other presented deserts, especially the Taklimakan, which is portrayed as the smallest, covering a relatively small area of 270,000 sq km.
Subsequently, the Taklimakan desert, located in Asia, has registered the coldest temperature extreme of merely -26.1°C its average temperatures rise between 30°C in the summer and 13°C in the winter. In strong contrast, the Sahara Desert seems to have registered the hottest temperature extreme, reaching a peak of 58°C.
However, the Great Basin Desert, in North America, represent the desert location with the highest rate of average annual rainfall depicted in the chart, ranging from 5.1 to 51 cm