Intlango yindawo apho kukho imvula encinci kwaye, ngenxa yoko, iimeko zokuhlala zidala iibhayom kunye nenkqubo yendalo eyodwa. Ukunqongophala kwezityalo kuveza umphezulu ongakhuselekanga womhlaba kwi-denudation. Malunga nesinye kwisithathu somhlaba womhlaba owomileyo okanye owomileyo. Oku kubandakanya uninzi lwemimandla yencam yomhlaba, apho kukho imvula encinci, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ibizwa ngokuba ziintlango ezimhlophe okanye "iintlango ezibandayo". Iintlango zinokuhlelwa ngokobuninzi bemvula ewelayo, ngamaqondo obushushu axhaphakileyo, ngoonobangela bobuntlango okanye ngendawo ezikuyo.
Nazi ezona ntlango zininzi ezingama-20 ehlabathini.
Uhlu | intlango | uhlobo | ummandla |
1. | Intlango yeAntarctic | Umkhenkce wePolar kunye ne-tundra | 14,200,000 km2 (5,482,651 sq mi) |
2. | Intlango yeArctic | Umkhenkce wePolar kunye ne-tundra | 13,900,000 km2 (5,366,820 sq mi) |
3. | Intlango yaseSahara | Ngaphantsi | 9,200,000 km2 (3,552,140 sq mi) |
4. | Omkhulu waseOstreliya | Ngaphantsi | 2,700,000 km2 (1,042,476 sq mi) |
5. | Kwintlango yeArabia | Ngaphantsi | 2,330,000 km2 (899,618 sq mi) |
6. | Intlango yeGobi | Ubusika obubandayo | 1,295,000 km2 (500,002 sq mi) |
7. | Intlango yaseKalahari | Ngaphantsi | 900,000 km2 (347,492 sq mi) |
8. | Intlango yasePatagonian | Ubusika obubandayo | 673,000 km2 (259,847 sq mi) |
9. | Intlango yaseSiriya | Ngaphantsi | 500,000 km2 (193,051 sq mi) |
10. | IBasin enkulu | Ubusika obubandayo | 492,098 km2 (190,000 sq mi) |
11. | Intlango yaseChihuahuan | Ngaphantsi | 453,248 km2 (175,000 sq mi) |
12. | Intlango yaseKarakum | Ubusika obubandayo | 350,000 km2 (135,136 sq mi) |
13. | I-Colorado Plateau | Ubusika obubandayo | 337,000 km2 (130,116 sq mi) |
14. | Intlango yeSonoran | Ngaphantsi | 310,000 km2 (119,692 sq mi) |
15. | Intlango yaseKyzylkum | Ubusika obubandayo | 300,000 km2 (115,831 sq mi) |
16. | Intlango yaseTaklamakan | Ubusika obubandayo | 270,000 km2 (104,248 sq mi) |
17. | Intlango yaseOgaden | Ngaphantsi | 256,000 km2 (98,842 sq mi) |
18. | Intlango enkangala | Ngaphantsi | 238,254 km2 (91,990 sq mi) |
19. | Intlango yasePuntland | Ngaphantsi | 200,000 km2 (77,220 sq mi) |
20. | Ustyurt Plateau | Ixesha elihle | 200,000 km2 (77,220 sq mi) |