The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in North China and southern Mongolia. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world. The name of the desert comes from the Mongolian word gobi, used to refer to all of the waterless regions in the Mongolian Plateau; in Chinese, gobi is used to refer to rocky, semi-deserts such as the Gobi itself rat…
The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in North China and southern Mongolia. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world. The name of the desert comes from the Mongolian word gobi, used to refer to all of the waterless regions in the Mongolian Plateau; in Chinese, gobi is used to refer to rocky, semi-deserts such as the Gobi itself rather than sandy deserts.
  • Length: 1,500 km (930 mi)
  • Width: 800 km (500 mi)
  • Area: 1,295,000 km² (500,000 sq mi)
  • Countries: China · Mongolia
  • State: Ömnögovi · Sükhbaatar
  • Region: Inner Mongolia
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