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Gobi Desert
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gobi, Shamo, Cobi, Han-hai, Hanhai, Hang-hai, Lop, Beljan
desert in China and Mongolia
The Gobi Desert is a large arid region spanning parts of China and Mongolia. It matters because it is a significant geographical feature that influences the climate, ecology, and human settlement patterns across Central Asia.
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Vinony's link graph records 1,165 inbound references to Gobi Desert, and connects out to Mongolia, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in 65, across 5 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1911 Britannica articles needing updates from April 2022, Biota of China and Biota of Mongolia.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- desert
- Country
- Mongolia
- Continent
- Asia
- Area
- 2354460
- Elevation
- 1547
- Highest point
- Bogd Khan Mountain
- Image
- Mongolia (35427009881).jpg
- Length
- 1500
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- Commons category
- Gobi Desert
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- topic's main category
- Category:Gobi Desert
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- Gobi Desert
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- native label
- 戈壁
- lowest point
- Nemegt Basin
- P12749
- Chrząszczew
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Encyclopedic overview
Mongolian name Mongolian CyrillicГовь Mongolian script ᠭᠣᠪᠢ
The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gobi Desert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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