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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. It is the sixth largest desert in the world.
Rank Name Type Image Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Location [note 1] Nation(s) 1: Antarctic Desert: Polar ice and tundra: 14,200,000 [1]: 5,482,651: Antarctica: N/A 2: Arctic Desert: Polar ice and tundra
Great Gobi A lies in the southwestern part of Mongolia in an arid region of the Gobi desert. The vegetation is dominated by desert and desert steppe. Great Gobi A is generally drier than Great Gobi B. Together with Great Gobi B, the reserve was established in 1975 (49 years ago) ( 1975 ) and has been designated by the United Nations as an ...
The Taklamakan Desert (/ ˌtækləməˈkæn / 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.
Imagine running a 155-mile race across the harsh, unforgiving landscape of the Gobi Desert. Out of nowhere, a small stray dog appears and chooses to run by your side.
Nemegt localities at area A. The Nemegt Formation (also known as Nemegtskaya Svita) is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous. The formation consists of river channel sediments and contains fossils of fish, turtles, crocodilians, and a diverse fauna of dinosaurs, including birds.
The extreme south is the Gobi Desert, some regions of which receive no precipitation at all in most years. [2] The name Gobi is a Mongol word meaning desert, depression, salt marsh, or steppe, but which usually refers to a category of arid rangeland with insufficient vegetation to support marmots but with enough to support camels. [2]
Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area. Coordinates: 45°24′00″N 92°54′00″E. Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area is a nature reserve in Gobi desert, situated in the southwestern part of Mongolia at the border with China. A similar reserve in a drier part of the Gobi exists further to the east - the Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area.