SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gobi Desert basin lies across southern Mongolia and northwestern China between the Mongolian Altai and Khangai mountains and the Himalayan Plateau (see map in Fig. 1). This region is a cold desert with a continental climate and long, cold winters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia and fifth largest in the world. The desert stretches in two countries territory. It extends out to Mongolia’s south and on the other side it reaches out to northern and northwestern parts of China.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Gobi Desert, covering nearly 1.3 million square km of total land area, is the largest desert in Asia and the fifth largest in the world, presiding both in China and Mongolia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mongolian Gobi is the largest, as well as the coldest desert in Asia, and the fifth-largest in the world. The Gobi desert covers the southern part of Mongolia, northern and northwestern parts of China.