HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Gobi Desert
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Sahara Desert
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Great Stoney Desert
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The Great China Desert
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gobi Desert cuts across both Mongolia and northern China. Location of the Gobi Desert: Mongolia is a country north of China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Takla Makan Desert, Chinese (Pinyin) Taklimakan Shamo or (Wade-Giles romanization) T’a-k’o-la-ma-kan Sha-mo, great desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. The Takla Makan occupies the central part of the Tarim Basin in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, western China.
Detailed explanation-3: -In China, the word’gobi’ is used to describe deserts and semi-deserts paved with gravel or rock debris, while’shamo’ is restricted to sandy deserts.) These deserts occupy a total area of about 1, 095, 000 km2, of which about 637, 000 km2 are sandy desert and 458, 000 km2 are gobi.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, spanning over 1, 600 km (1, 000 miles) over China and Mongolia, and the 5th largest desert in the world.
Detailed explanation-5: -Gobi desert is an example of hot desert.