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The Gobi Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, / ˈɡoʊbi /; Chinese: 戈壁; pinyin: gēbì) is a large, cold desert and grassland region located in northern China and southern Mongolia. Is the sixth largest desert in the world.
The Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis), known in Mongolian as the Mazaalai (Мазаалай), is a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) that is found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. [2] It is listed as critically endangered by the Mongolian Redbook of Endangered Species and by IUCN standards. [3] Currently, there are only 31 (95% CI: 32 ...
Wild Bactrian camels in the Gobi desert Several actions have been initiated by the governments of China and Mongolia to conserve this species, including ecosystem-based management . Two programmes instituted in this respect are the Great Gobi Reserve A in Mongolia, set up in 1982; and the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reservein China ...
The wildlife of Mongolia consists of flora, fauna and funga found in the harsh habitats dictated by the diverse climatic conditions found throughout the country. In the north, there are salty marshes and fresh-water sources. The centre has desert steppes. In the south, there are semi deserts as well as the hot Gobi desert in the south, the ...
In “Extremes,” narrated by David Attenborough, we are swept away to the rarest places in the world to watch snow leopards play in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, a pack of Arctic wolves hunt ...
Two Mongolian wild asses at Gobi Desert, Mongolia. The Mongolian wild ass has become primarily confined to the desert-steppe, semi-desert and deserts habitats of Gobi Desert. The Mongolian wild ass is the most widespread subspecies, although despite that, the subspecies lost about 50% of its former distribution range in Mongolia in the past 70 ...
The range of Przewalski's horse was limited to the arid Dzungarian Basin in the Gobi Desert. [20] It has been suggested that this was not their natural habitat, but, like the onager, they were a steppe animal driven to this barren last refuge by the dual pressures of hunting and habitat loss to agricultural grazing. [31]
The park lies on the northern edge of the Gobi desert. The higher elevations contain areas of steppe, and reach elevations of up to 2,600 meters. A number of rare plants and animals are found in the park, including the elusive snow leopard and the Gobi camel. Areas of sand dunes are found, most famously the Khongoryn Els - the Singing Sands.