<page_title> List of deserts by area </page_title> <table> <cell> 6 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Gobi Desert <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,295,000 <col_header> Area (km²) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 500,000 <col_header> Area (sq mi) </col_header> </cell> </table>
Gobi Desert occupies 1,295,000 km² (500,000 sq mi) stretch of land and as of 2007, it is the sixth-largest desert in the world.