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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. Badain Jaran Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Badain Jaran Desert (Chinese: 巴 丹 吉 林 沙 漠; pinyin: Bādānjílín Shāmò) is a desert in China which spans the provinces of Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. It covers an area of 49,000 square kilometers (19,000 sq mi; 12,000,000 acres). By size it is the third largest desert in China.

  4. List of deserts by area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. ... Location [note 1] Nation(s) 1: ... China and Mongolia: 7: Kalahari Desert: Subtropical

  5. Kubuqi Desert - Wikipedia

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    Located between the Hetao plains and the Loess Plateau, it is part of the Ordos Desert along with the neighboring Mu Us Desert to its south, and is the seventh-largest desert in China [1] [2] with an area of 18,600 km 2 (7,200 sq mi). [3]

  6. Ordos Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Ordos Desert forms an intermediate step in the descent from the Himalayas to the lowlands of eastern China.Towards the south it rises to an altitude of over 1,500 m, and in the west, along the right bank of the Yellow River, the Arbus or Arbiso Mountains, which overlie the steppe by some 900 m, serve to link the Helan Mountains with the Yin Mountains.

  7. List of deserts - Wikipedia

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    Kara Kum – a large desert in Central Asia; Lop Desert – a desert in China; Ordos – a desert in northern China Kubuqi Desert – a desert in northern China; Mu Us Desert – a desert in northern China; Gobi – a desert in Mongolia and China Badain Jaran Desert – a desert in China; Hami Desert – a desert in China; Tengger Desert – a ...

  8. Tengger Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Tengger Desert or Tengri Desert (Mongolian: Тэнгэр цөл, Chinese: 腾格里沙漠; pinyin: Ténggélǐ Shāmò; lit. 'Sky Desert') is an arid natural region that covers about 36,700 km 2 and is mostly in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China. The desert is expanding in size. [1]

  9. 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. [1]