WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Introduction. 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 cuts across both Mongolia and northern China. Location of the Gobi Desert: Mongolia is a country north of China. It has a rapidly changing economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Gobi Desert blankets nearly 500, 000 miles of northern China and southern Mongolia in dry, arid land.

Detailed explanation-4: -We conclude that the combined effects of mountain building, the mid-latitude westerly circulation and changes in the Asian monsoon, accompanied by global cooling, were principally responsible for the formation of modern Gobi Desert landscapes in central and eastern Asia during the late Pliocene.