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  2. Gobi Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Gobi Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, / ˈ ɡ oʊ b i /; 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 .

  3. Gansu - Wikipedia

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    Part of the Gobi Desert is located in Gansu, as well as small parts of the Badain Jaran Desert and the Tengger Desert. The Yellow River gets most of its water from Gansu, flowing straight through Lanzhou. The area around Wuwei is part of Shiyang River Basin. [25] The landscape in Gansu is very mountainous in the south and flat in the north.

  4. List of deserts by area - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. List of deserts - Wikipedia

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    Indus Valley Desert – a desert located in Pakistan; Kharan desert – a desert located in Pakistan; Syrian desert – a desert located in Syria, Jordan and Iraq; Thal Desert – a desert in Pakistan; Thar Desert – a desert in India and Pakistan Gobi in Mongolia. Cholistan Desert – a desert in Pakistan; Dasht-e-Margo – a desert in ...

  6. Eastern Gobi desert steppe - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Gobi desert steppe is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in Mongolia and northern China. It is the easternmost of the ecoregions that make up the larger Gobi Desert . It lies between the more humid Mongolian–Manchurian grassland on the north, east, and southeast, and the drier Alashan Plateau semi-desert to the west.

  7. Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe - Wikipedia

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    The Gobi Lakes Valley is about 500 km (310 mi) west-to-east, and 150 km (93 mi) north-to south, at elevations of 1,000–1,400 metres (3,300–4,600 ft). [2] The region is desert steppe, with rivers from the Khangai Mountains on the north providing most of the water to the lakes. On the south the region is bounded by the Gobi-Altai range, the ...

  8. Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. Alashan Plateau semi-desert - Wikipedia

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    The Alashan Plateau semi-desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1302) covers the southwestern portion of the Gobi Desert where precipitation in the mountains is sufficient for a short part of the summer to support sparse plant life. The terrain is basin and range, with elevations from 1,000 to 2,500 metres (3,300 to 8,200 ft).