What is the largest desert in Europe?

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What is the largest desert in Europe?

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Is everyone forgetting that Iceland is part of Europe? Over a third of the country is classified as desert. See this BBC report entitled "The Biggest Desert In Europe".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4737743.stm

Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 20 2016.
Feb 05 2007, 4:26 PM

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The Desert of Tabernas is considered the only real desert in all of Europe.

http://www.andalucia.com/environment/protect/tabernas.htm

Dec 09 2006, 9:31 AM

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Pretty Picture of:

Palm trees and naked ridges of eroded sandstone in Tabernas desert, Europe´s only true desert Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.

https://www.lookphotos.com/en/images/70119686-Palm-trees-and-naked-ridges-of-eroded-sandstone-in-Tabernas-desert-Europe-s-only-true-desert-Almer%C3%ADa

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The Desert of Tabernas is one tenth of the size of the Sahara Desert.

Dec 09 2006, 2:38 PM

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This site says that it's the Bledowska Desert in Poland:

Other important nearby locations include the Bledowska Desert, perhaps the only true desert in Europe...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%82%C4%99d%C3%B3w_Desert

Tabernas is described as "semi-desert".

Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 20 2016.
Dec 09 2006, 6:21 PM

Answer 5

Bledowska Desert was created as an accidental byproduct of urbanization in that area and is not a naturally formed desert, THUS, would probably not be considered a "real" desert. In the recent years the desert has started to shrink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bledowska_Desert

Answer 6

You can find at least one desert on every continent except Europe (and Antarctica).

You can find at least one desert on every continent except Europe. Each desert is different in some way, but they all have one thing in common. In order for an area of land to be considered a desert, it must receive less than 10 inches of water a year.

https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/desert_eco.html

Answer 7

Antarctica IS a desert!

"At 14.425 million km², Antarctica is the third-smallest continent before Europe and Australia; 98% of it is covered in ice. Because there is little precipitation, except at the coasts, the interior of the continent is technically the largest desert in the world."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica

des·ert /ˈdɛzərt/ noun

1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/desert

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According to Wikipedia, it's Hálendi, Iceland but it lacks one crucial information- area. Next desert is Oltenian Sahara in Romania (area 800 square kilometres).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oltenian_Sahara

Sep 28 2007, 11:12 AM

Answer 9

Hálendi in Icelandic means 'The Highlands'. It might be called a 'desert', but is really a mountain plain or plateau. If Hálendi is a desert, what about the Norwegian Hardangervidda which is the largest mountain plateau in Europe? It might be more precise to call Hálendi a 'broad mountain ridge' or a 'heath'. One might also ask what makes it different from the Scottish highlands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_of_Iceland

Answer 10

"Sand" is not a requirement for a Desert.

des·ert1 /ˈdɛzərt/ –noun

1. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert.

2. any area in which few forms of life can exist because of lack of water, permanent frost, or absence of soil.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/desert

Answer 11

Europe's largest sand desert is located in Ukraine: "Aleshkovskie peski".

The huge desert that spreads over several districts of the Khersons’ka Oblast’ is one of the most striking places in southern Ukraine. Oleshky Sands is the biggest sand area in Ukraine, and some even call it the only desert in Europe.

https://discover-ukraine.info/places/southern-ukraine/kherson/59

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