↗ Where is the geographical location of the Gobi Desert in China?

Gobi Desert, located in the middle of the Mongolian Plateau, is bounded by Gobi Desert, and the Mongolian Plateau is divided into Mobei and Monan Mongolia. In ancient times, since the Qin Dynasty, Chinese history books have been called "desert" and "vast sea". Gobi desert is also the hometown of Mongolian empire and the activity place of Xiongnu and Turkic.

Gobi, from Mongolian, means "land where vegetation is difficult to grow". Gobi "means" desert "in Uygur language. Gobi is a desert terrain covered with coarse sand and gravel on hard soil. The formation of Gobi is due to the rain shadow effect of Himalayas, which prevents rain clouds from reaching Gobi area.

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First, the reasons for the formation

Gobi is the predecessor of desert, which will evolve into desert under the further erosion of wind erosion. Gobi is a kind of desert. That is, a desert with gentle terrain and large gravel on the ground.

Gobi is mainly formed by 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.

Second, the environmental climate.

Gobi, the surface layer is mainly gravel, basically no sand, excellent permeability, but the climatic environment is harsh, the surface is short of water, and there are few plants, only some drought-tolerant plants such as willow and camel thorn grow, with less rainfall, large temperature difference between day and night, strong sandstorm, fast wind speed and long duration.

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