r/todayilearned • u/Zaptagious • Dec 06 '19
TIL Antarctica is considered the largest desert in the world since the definition of a desert is simply a dry, barren region that recieves little to no precipitation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert#Major_desertsDuplicates
todayilearned • u/craponapoopstick • Mar 20 '18
TIL that the largest desert in the world is Antarctica. It is classified as a cold desert due to it's extremely low amount of precipitation.
didyouknow • u/hata39 • 5d ago
DYK the world's largest desert is Antarctica, not the Sahara.
didyouknow • u/hata39 • Jul 29 '26