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The Gobi Desert
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The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region spanning southern Mongolia and northern China, the sixth-largest desert in the world, sitting on a plateau roughly 910 to 1,520 meters above sea level.
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Area (sq km) Length (km)1,600 km is the desert's southwest-to-northeast extent; it also runs roughly 800 km north to south. Highest Elevation (m)Upper bound of the plateau's elevation range (roughly 910 to 1,520 m above sea level) per the cited source; elevation varies across this range rather than sitting at one point. Cross-Tradition Connections
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The Gobi is a classic cold desert whose dune fields, gravel pavement and loess plumes are aeolian landforms.
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1. Gobi Desert (Wikipedia)
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The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China.
1. Gobi Desert (Wikipedia)
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it is also located on a plateau roughly 910 to 1,520 m (2,990 to 4,990 ft) above sea level
1. Gobi Desert (Wikipedia)
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42°35′N 103°26′E / 42.59°N 103.43°E
China Efforts to Halt the Gobi Provide a Blueprint for Tackling Desertification (UNCCD)
United Nations Convention to Combat DesertificationDemonstrates: Desertification, Story bodyQuote, Demonstrates: Desertification, Story body
The Three-North Shelterbelt programme, also known as the "Green Great Wall," is a national tree-planting project designed to rehabilitate degraded land and stop the desert encroaching into the fertile grasslands and farmlands of northern China.
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