the Gobi Desert
noun
uk/ˌɡəʊ.bi ˈdez.ət/us/ˌɡoʊ.bi ˈdez.ɚt/alargedesertinnorthernChinaandsouthernMongolia:
Sheimaginedshe wasplanninganexoticcameltrekthrough the Gobi Desert.
Theharrowingjourneyacrossthe Gobi Desert isparticularlywellreported.
- Beijing issituatedin aninlandbasinthat isfrequentlysweptbysandstormsfrom the Gobi Desert.
- Threetimesthesizeof France, a third of Mongolia iscoveredby the Gobi Desert.
- It isthoughtthat there are about 1,000wildBactriancamelsin the Gobi Desert inChinaand Mongolia.
Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- brush
- bush
- Bushman
- desert
- dust bowl
- heathland
- marginal land
- moor
- moorland
- mulga
- pampas
- pasture
- plain
- prairie
- Sahara
- sward
- tundra
- veld
- wadi
- wasteland