At a Glance

Size:The Gobi desert covers 1.3 million square kilometers and is elevated with hot summers and cold winters.


Climate: Gobi is a very cold desert yet it rarely snows. It is located above sea level. Rainfall is up to 7.6 inches per anum.


Conservation and ecology: The eggs of dinosaur were first identified in Gobi desert. The desert is a main source of various important fossil finds.


Adaptations: To survive in Gobi desert, the plants have to lose their leaves until it rains again. They are gifted with long roots that absorb water from a large area. Animals get their water from the food they eat, and come out at night.

Facts

Gobi Desert Landscape Gobi Desert Facts:

-Gobi means "Waterless Place"
- It is approximately 500,000 square miles
- Only 5% is sand dunes
- Contains 5 disctinct ecoregions
- Currently expanding due to desertification
- Lies in a rain shadow caused by the Himalayas
- Fifth t largest desert in the world
- It is a cold desert
- Populated mostly Mongols and Han Chinese
- Located on a Plateau around 3,000 to 5,000 feet above sea level



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Comments

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what about the longitude and

what about the longitude and latitude!?!!!!!!!

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Success

after a while searching through countless google pages, i thought that this link wouldn't work- i was wrong! my project on china has certain criteria and i know i aced that section!

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Location

it is in china,northern are :]

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this is awesome

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Thanxx.!!

This website helped ALOT on my social studies project.! Thnk yuu..... Laurenn

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thank you for your web site

thank you for your web site because i had a prodgec about desert and your web site was the only good web site i find

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This site is so awesome

You guys are soooo good at what you do, we all aplaude.

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Works

Thx for the website dude

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scince

thanx it helped me on my project

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your the best website on earth and your pictures rock _ angelisa knierim

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thx so much its helped me so

thx so much its helped me so much :D in my project

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Thanks man

Thanks man

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omg i hoppe i get s good

omg i hoppe i get s good grade lol i need it

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Gobi desert facts-by lolcakes

The gobi desert is said to be the largest desert in the world and the easiest one to access from the UK

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WRONG

It is not the largest. the largest is the arctic desert.
desert-dry; water-less place

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Gobi desret

thanks alot im sure to get an A+ on this project :D

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english

im sure u will once u can spell the word desert right! lols :)

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thanks and HELP

your site is epic!!! thanks so much!!!! i have no idea what language the gobi means waterless place in??? anyone no????

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your website has helped me

your website has helped me soo much!!! thanks!! but i wanted to know what DISTINCT ECOLOGICAL REGIONS acctually are??? thanks

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Gobi Desert

ur site is cool and really helped me out with a school project so thanks but im still wondering how big the desert is

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Response to "Gobi Desert"

It says that it is 500,000 square miles. That's like the size of Mali or Peru.

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it says the gobi desert

it says the gobi desert covers 1.3milliion square kilometers if that helps??!!!:P

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what is the temp

what is the temp

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Thanks for information

it s a very helpful website... thanks a lot!!! ^^

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what about the elevation

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gobi desert

you have a lot of info on the gobi desert and some really cool facts.

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IKR ! I LOVE THE INFORMATION

IKR ! I LOVE THE INFORMATION THEY GIVE YOU TO SUPPORT THE DESERT !

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where is it located?

Gobi desert is located in the inner part of Mongolia

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Gobi desert is located in the

Gobi desert is located in the inner part of Mongolia

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thanks

I got really good marks for my power piont with the info i found on here

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how old is the gobi desert???

how old is the gobi desert???

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hiiiiiiiii

well actually the gobi desert isnt a person therefor it is completely impossible to have a specific age
sincerly Aneda Mandakiss

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hiiiiiiiii

well the earth isn't a person but it still has a age.

p.s things don't have to be people to have an age!!

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I know how old the gobi desert is

the gobi desert is around 50 million years old I know becuase we di the gobi desert at school

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how old is the gobi desert?

I dont know

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cool

its so asome there.

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:)

the gobi desert is in china and it is mostly covered with rocks instead of sand. <3

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: )

I'm sorry you are totally wrong! The GOBI DESERT is in MONGOLIA!

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more facts

gobi desert is located in asia

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This place is great?

Anyways just wanted to chime in and say what a great place this is.

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big

it is big and the 5 lagest desert in the would

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Thank you

Thank you for all the information put up! :)

They're very helpful!!

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gobi desert

a beatiful place

At a Glance

Desertification: The Gobi desert is expanding in a process known as desertification. It is expanding into China’s grassland. Dust storms have increased heavily damaging agriculture.


Plants: The desert flora includes the Saxaul Tree, Saltwort, wild onions, desert shrubbery and grass


Animals: The desert is a home for many different animals like black-tailed gazelles, bactrian camels, wolves, marbled polecats, Mongolian wild ass, brown bears, snow leopards, and sandplovers.

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