The Essentials

Can You Guess Which Continent Doesn’t Have a Desert?

Would you believe there’s only one continent in the world that doesn’t have a desert?

And the answer might surprise you. It’s not Africa. It has the Sahara. It’s not Asia. It has the Gobi.

Australia has the Great Victoria. North America has the Great Basin, and South America has the Atacama.

Was your answer Antarctica? That’s a surprising no. Antarctica is technically a desert. It gets less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.

Are you ready for the real surprise? The answer is Europe. It may have plenty of sunny and sandy places, and global warming not withstanding, if you’re looking for a real desert, you won’t find one there.