I really love the desert.
one third of the world is arid and is dessert actually
A lot of people misconstrue desert to mean hot and sandy.
its actually just a  barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs
Yes, what do you suppose the largest contiguous desert on earth is? 
the sahara which spans an area measured at roughly 3.5 million square miles. 
Is the Sahara larger than Antarctica?
Antarctica
Antarctica ( or , ) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At , it is the fifth-largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia. At 0.00008 people per square kilometre, it is by far the least densely populated continent. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages in thickness, which extends to all but
Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions where little precipitation occurs and which are sometimes called polar deserts or "cold deserts". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by