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- Countries: Mongolia, People's Republic of China
- Range: Govi-Altai Mountains
- Landmark: Nemegt Basin
- Length: 1,500 km (932 mi), SE/NW
- Width: 800 km (497 mi). N/S
- Area: 1,295,000 km² (500,002 sq mi)
- Covers 500,000 square miles
- Northwestern region is known for dinosaur fossils
- One of the world's great deserts, covers much of the southern part of MongoliaBlue Peak: Gobi Desert
- Temperatures can range from -40 degrees to 112 degrees FahrenheitBlue Peak: Gobi Desert
- Deforestation and over grazing are causing expansion
- Climate: ExtremeBlue Peak: Gobi Desert
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The largest desert in Asia and the fourth largest in the world, the Gobi Desert spreads out across northern China and Mongolia. The desert stays so noticeably dry because rain clouds are blocked from the nearby Himalayan mountain range.
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Extreme Climates
Though it does get hot in the summer, like all deserts, the Gobi is notable for being unusually cold at times throughout the year. The desert averages over half a mile above sea level snow and frost are common appearances on the higher dunes. The average temperature in the Gobi is around 30 degrees Fahrenheit, though in the summer that number gets up to around 65 degrees.Gobi Treasures
An abundance of fossilized discoveries were made in the 20th century in the Gobi desert. The 1960s alone provided a giant collection of dinosaur bones as well as the oldest surviving mammal skulls. Paleontologists have discovered fossils of many now-extinct rodent breeds that lived over 100 million years ago.
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Gobi Desert Questions
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What is the average temperature in the Gobi Desert? 1 AnswerAverage doesn't compute when talking about the Gobi Desert - this is a Desert of extremes. At night time, the temperature can get as low as -40 degrees Fahrenh... read more -
Have you ever visited the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (near Tucson)? If so, what did you think? 2 AnswersEventhough i didn't get a chance to visit the Arizona sonora desert museum i have heard it from my friends who have visited. It's described as a world-renowned... read more -
What is the best LoCarb/Sugar Free desert that you have ever tasted? 5 AnswersI haven't had a chance to try this yet, but it sounds amazingly good and is from Michael Eades, the author of Protein Power. Mixture of pomegranate seeds and... read more -
What 5 songs would be on your iPod if you were trapped on a desert island? 12 AnswersFive is so few! Still, my very short list would include "Splendid Isolation" by Warren Zevon. I would be, after all, alone. ... read more
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Gobi Desert on Amazon
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The Gobi Desert - The adventures of three women travelling across the Gobi Desert in the 1920s - $25.00
Mildred Cable and Francesca French wrote this remarkable travel book about their esperiences of many years (1923-1936) in the Gobi Desert. They were the first English women to cro...Amazon
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Dinosaur Hunters - Secrets of the Gobi Desert - $19.98
In 1922 American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews led an archeological expedition into Mongolia's Gobi Desert and uncovered one of the richest dinosaur graveyards in the world. P...Amazon
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Walking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair - $23.95
By the bestselling author of Polar Dream (more than 40,000 copies sold) At the age of 63, Helen Thayer fulfilled her lifelong dream of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Accomp...Amazon
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World’s Last Wild Horses Brought Back from the Brink http://ow.ly/KHw7 Przewalski’s horse of Mongolia’s Gobi desert, lessons learned?
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Shivering! Help! Maybe I should take my winter vacation to the Gobi desert next year instead of Toronto! It's even colder there!
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or the gobi desert or back to their country of residence and keep an eye on them
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http://bit.ly/4BOjd7 Epic oasis in the Gobi Desert.
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@vsbuffalo g + gobi - the letter g + the desert
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