What does Gobi Desert mean?

Gobi (Mongolian: гов) means desert, sandy desert and arid land in Mongolian.

Gobi Desert and Gobi Desert. Gobi is one of the huge desert and semi-desert areas in the world, spanning the vast land of Central Asia and the vast space of Mongolia and China. Most parts of Gobi are not deserts, but bare rocks.

Gobi in China refers to the gravel desert with relatively flat ground, relatively scarce components, arid climate and sparse vegetation in the vast area of Inner Mongolia Plateau, which is widely distributed in the northwest desert and semi-desert flat land along the line of Wendur Temple-Bailing Temple-Otog Banner-Yanchi, with a total area of about 458,000 square kilometers.

form

The main reason for its formation is flood alluvial. When there is a flood, especially in mountainous areas, due to the gradual weakening of flood energy, the following geomorphological characteristics are formed in the flood-stricken areas: large rocks are piled up at the nearest mountain pass, and the rocks outside the mountain become smaller in turn; Then there are fists and fingers-sized stones.

Due to years of sun, rain and wind erosion, the edges and corners gradually become rounded and become what we call stones (scientific name is gravel). In this way, the Gobi desert was formed. The finer sand and mud are alluvial and drift farther, forming a distant desert. The sandstorm in Beijing in spring came from the Gobi Desert and even affected Japan.