Area Like I said, the complete area of the Gobi desert is , square miles, but the desert itself is very much not a square. Ecoregions of the Gobi Desert The Gobi Desert can be broadly divided into five ecoregions, varied by differing climate and topography. Climate The climate of the Gobi Desert is pretty damn harsh. Geology The Gobi desert is not particularly sandy. The aforementioned colour variations.
Notable Fixtures It would be unfair to characterise the desert as a mass expanse of nothing. Fauna Wild Bactrian camel in the Gobi desert Some hardy animals would call the Gobi desert their home. History of the Gobi Desert Believe it or not, even a desert can have a whole lot of history to it.
Pre-History Historical range of the Paratethys ocean millions of years ago. The black lines are the modern coastlines. Human History Ruins of the Great Wall of China in the Gobi desert Okay, so all that pre-history stuff is pretty confusing and vague, but it gives you a rough idea of how the Gobi desert became what it is, right?
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Think our tours are cool? We can partner with travel agencies or individuals who want to sell our group tours to individuals or small groups. Find out what makes YPT stand out from the crowd and how we got to where we are today. If you are planning on visiting the Gobi Desert, you will likely travel via jeep, or potentially by camel. You will be exposed to a dramatic rocky landscape, high sand dunes, ancient ruins, and oasis communities. Visit the nomadic people whose way of life remains untouched by Western influence.
Tours offer a way of seeing some of the unique Gobi Desert plants and animals. You may even spot dinosaur fossil beds, though a trip to the museum will guarantee an insight into the fascinating history of the Gobi desert. I am planning a fossil hunting day or two when I visit Africa and I wondered if there were some areas rich in fossils in the Gobi that are relatively easy to access.
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The Gobi Desert Climate. The Gobi Desert Geography. The Gobi Desert History. The Gobi Desert Animals. Its wildlife community includes species adapted not only to the arid landscape but also to the wetlands, where water birds, amphibians and various reptiles have found a home.
Similarly the plants include species adapted to both the desert steppe and the wetlands environments. Junggar Basin Dzungarian Basin -- A ,square-mile expanse west of the Alashan Plateau, the Junggar Basin, somewhat like the Gobi Lakes Valley, lies in the midst of several mountain ranges, with broad openings to the northwest. Its elevation ranges from about to feet above sea level. Its arid heartland receives about three to four inches of precipitation in an average year, supporting enough vegetation to stabilize most of its sand dunes.
Its margins, near the mountain ranges, receive four to ten inches of precipitation, which, with mountain runoff, sustain several basin lakes. It has moderate summers, but icy winters, when Siberian weather systems sweep through the northwestern openings and across the basin. It sometimes has severe dust storms in the spring. Its wildlife population includes some of the world's rarest animals. Its plant community ranges from thin shrub lands of the central region to dwarf woodlands near the mountain flanks.
At one time, near the mountains, it had biologically rich meadows and wetlands near the foot of the mountains, but those have given way to irrigated farmlands within the past few centuries. It consists of an extensive and isolated mountain range and high ridges interlaced with desert basins. Its highest summits rise to nearly 25, feet in elevation, and its ridges, to an average of about 14, feet.
Its lower foothills and basins lie at only a few hundred feet in elevation. In an average year, the higher elevations receive about 16 to 32 inches of precipitation, and lower elevations, only about 4 to 8 inches.
Mountain peaks may retain snow all year, but they yield enough summer melt off to supply some rivers and streams.
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