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  2. Gobi Desert - Wikipedia

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    Bronze Age herder burials have been found in the Gobi desert, as well as Karasuk bronze knives, and Mongolian deer stones. [21] Between 5000 cal BP and 4500 cal BP there was a period of desertification. [21] [22] Due to the increasing aridity between 3500 cal BP and 3000 cal BP there was a decline in human habitation in the Gobi desert.

  3. Taklamakan Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Taklamakan Desert (/ ˌ t æ k l ə m ə ˈ k æ n / TAK-lə-mə-KAN) is a desert in northwest China's Xinjiang region.Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains to the west, the Tian Shan range to the north, and the Gobi Desert to the east.

  4. Great Green Wall (China) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Green Wall, officially known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program (simplified Chinese: 三北防护林; traditional Chinese: 三北防護林; pinyin: Sānběi Fánghùlín), also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Program, is a series of human-planted windbreaking forest strips (shelterbelts) in China, designed to hold back the expansion of the Gobi Desert [1] and provide ...

  5. Roblox CEO: 'We're being very, very careful in China' - AOL

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    Roblox is in the midst of a growth push, and the company's strategy aims to attract older users, which Baszucki touted. "We've actually stopped using the term 'aging up' right now," he said. "We ...

  6. History of the eastern steppe - Wikipedia

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    The core of the area is Mongolia, not only the Outer Mongolia that is seen on maps but also Inner Mongolia and much of Gansu which are now part of China. The Gobi Desert or semi-desert separates Outer and Inner Mongolia. The best grazing lands are in the north around such places as the Orkhon River and Onon Rivers. To the east the steppe ...

  7. Category:Deserts of China - Wikipedia

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    Gobi Desert (44 P) Pages in category "Deserts of China" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  8. Sucheta Kadethankar - Wikipedia

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    Gobi Desert sand dune in Mongolia. The Gobi trek that Kadethankar completed, titled "Gobi Crossing 2011", was an event organized by the Explore Foundation of Ireland. It catered to young people who wished to explore the wild desert of Gobi (the fifth largest desert in the world) [7] in Mongolia. It was planned as a 60-day trek covering a ...

  9. Sino-Swedish Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The four stamps show camels at a camp with the expedition flag and bear the Chinese text "Postal Service of the Prosperous Middle Kingdom" and in Latin underneath, "Scientific Expedition to the Northwestern Province of China 1927–1933". A painting in the Beijing Palace Museum entitled Nomads in the Desert served as model for the series. Of ...