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Gobi Desert, great desert and semidesert region of Central Asia that stretches across large parts of Mongolia and China. Much of the Gobi (from Mongolian gobi, meaning ‘waterless place’) is not sandy desert but bare rock. Although vegetation is rare, the Gobi’s fauna is varied and includes camels, kulan, and dzeren.
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 .
The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia and the fifth largest in the entire world. It is a vast landscape, stretching 1.3 million square kilometers across northern and northeastern China, and southern Mongolia.
The Gobi Desert is categorized by the World Wildlife Federation as consisting of two broadly defined ecoregions: The Gobi Steppe Desert and the Gobi Lakes Valley Desert Steppe region. The Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe lies in the eastern portion of the Gobi Desert, reaching from the Inner Mongolia Palteau (found in China ) into Mongolia .
The Gobi, also known as the Gobi Desert, lies across southern Mongolia and northwestern China – a vast desert expanse around 1,600km (1,000 miles) long, 500-1,000km (300 to 600 miles) wide. With an area of around 1.3 million square km (500,000 square miles), it is larger than Germany and France combined .
One of the great desert and semidesert regions of the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over large areas of Mongolia and China. It occupies an arc of land 1,000 mi (1,609 km) long and 300–600 mi (500–1,000 km) wide, with an estimated area of 500,000 sq mi (1,300,000 sq km).
China's 'Great Green Wall' Fights Expanding Desert. Throughout the past 40 years, the Earth has lost a third of its arable land to erosion and degradation.
Gobi - Arid, Desert, Climate: The climate is acutely continental and dry: winter is severe, spring is dry and cold, and summer is warm. The annual temperature range is considerable, with average lows in January reaching −40 °F (−40 °C) and average highs in July climbing to 113 °F (45 °C); daily temperature ranges also can be quite large.
The Gobi desert is the fifth largest desert in the world. As well as the coldest desert if we do not consider the polar deserts. The Gobi desert covers the southern part of Mongolia and the northern and northwestern parts of China. The Gobi desert area covers 1.3 million square kilometers and is elevated approximately 1500 m above sea level.
Explore the majestic Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, where vast sand dunes meet rugged mountains. Discover unique wildlife and ancient nomadic cultures.