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...
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Namib (redirect from Namib desert)
kilometres (20 mi) long, are the second-largest in the world after the Badain Jaran Desert dunes in China. Temperatures along the coast are stable and generally...
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Autonomous Region in China. The desert is expanding in size. The expansion of the Tengger and its neighbour, the Badain Jaran Desert, has been apparent since...
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A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation...
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sand seas, particularly near topographic barriers. In the southeast Badain Jaran Desert of China, the star dunes are up to 500 metres tall and may be the...
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soils for construction purposes include dynamic compaction. Badain Jaran Desert – Desert in China Chott el Hodna – Endorheic salt lake in Algeria Lençóis...
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Longshou, Heli and Mazong Mountains separating it from the arid Badain Jaran Desert, Gobi Desert and the cold steppes of the Mongolian Plateau. At the western...
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List of deserts (redirect from African desert)
and China Badain Jaran Desert – a desert in China Hami Desert – a desert in China Tengger Desert – a desert in China Taklamakan – a desert located in...
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fringe of the Badain Jaran Desert. Apart from the physiological riparian vegetation, this last part of the hydrological basin is mainly desertic, and the water...
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The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile. Stretching...
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The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of...
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desert highway, passing through several deserts part of the Gobi Desert, such as the Ulan Buh Desert, the Tengger Desert and the Badain Jaran Desert....
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to end their divisions and form a unity government. 26 July: The Badain Jaran Desert is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. China and India...
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The Aralkum Desert (Uzbek: Orolqum choʻli, Оролқум чўли, Kazakh: Аралқұм шөлі, Russian: Пустыня Аралкум) is a desert that has appeared since 1960 on the...
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Sahara (redirect from Sahara desert)
/səˈhærə/) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world...
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The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana...
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and an example of a lake basin dammed by wind-blown sand. China's Badain Jaran Desert is a unique landscape of megadunes and elongated interdunal aeolian...
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952 km2 Lop Desert - 50,000 km2 Gurbantünggüt Desert - 50,000 km2 Mu Us Desert - 48,288 km2 Badain Jaran Desert - 49,000 km2 Tengger Desert - 36,700 km2...
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Hoh Xil Kulangsu Fanjingshan Liangzhu Bird Sanctuaries Quanzhou 9 Badain Jaran Desert * = World Cultural Heritage Site † = World Natural Heritage Site...
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The Chihuahuan Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Chihuahua, Desierto Chihuahuense) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the...
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The Gobi Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, /ˈɡoʊbi/; Chinese: 戈壁; pinyin: gēbì) is a large, cold desert and grassland region located in northern China and...
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24; 25 The Libyan Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the northeastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya...
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The Taklamakan Desert (/ˌtækləməˈkæn/ TAK-lə-mə-KAN) is a desert in northwest China's Xinjiang region. Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang...
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are the Gobi Desert and the deserts nearby, including the Tengger Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Ulan Buh Desert, Mu Us Desert and Hobq Desert. However, the...
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The Karakum Desert (/ˈkærəkʌm/ KARR-ə-kum; Russian: Каракумы, IPA: [kərɐˈkumɨ]), also spelt Qaraqum and Garagum (Turkmen: [ɢɑɾɑˈʁʊm]; lit. 'Black Sand')...
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alternatively suggested that the crater was buried under sand dunes in the Badain Jaran Desert in northwest China. The lack of a recognizable source crater in Southeast...
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Shortly after launch, recovery crews began searching a region from the Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia to Shaanxi for the launch escape tower, booster...
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The Kyzylkum Desert (Uzbek: Qizilqum, Қизилқум, قِیزِیلقُوم; Kazakh: Қызылқұм, romanized: Qyzylqūm, قىزىلقۇم) is the 15th largest desert in the world...
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The Low Desert (colloquially referred to as the Desert within the region) is a common name for any desert in California that is under 2,000 feet (609...
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Ténéré (redirect from Tenere Desert)
The Ténéré (Tuareg: Tenere, literally: "desert") is a desert region in south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern...
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