Rabu, 15 Juni 2011

DEFINITION OF GOBI DESERT

One of the world’s great deserts, the Gobi is

located in central Asia encompassing more than 500,000

square miles (1,295,000 km2) in Mongolia and northern

China. The desert covers the region from the Great Khingan

Mountains northwest of Beijing to the Tien Shan north of

Tibet, but the desert is expanding at an alarming rate, threatening

the livelihood of tens of thousands of farmers and

nomadic sheepherders every year. Every spring dust from the

Gobi covers eastern China, Korea, and Japan and may extend

at times around the globe. Northwesterly winds have

removed almost all the soil from land in the Gobi, depositing

it as thick loess in eastern China. Most of the Gobi is situated

on a high plateau resting 3,000–5,000 feet (900–1,500 m)

above sea level, and it contains numerous alkaline sabkhas

and sandy plains in the west. Regions in the Gobi include

abundant steppes, high mountains, forests, and sandy plains.

The Gobi has yielded many archaeological, paleontological,

and geological finds, including early stone implements,

dinosaur eggs, and mineral deposits and precious stones

including turquoise and jasper.

See also DESERT.

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