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Gobi Desert

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Also known as Gobi, Shamo, Cobi, Han-hai, Hanhai, Hang-hai, Lop, Beljan

desert in China and Mongolia

AI overview

The Gobi Desert is a large arid region spanning parts of China and Mongolia. It matters because it is a significant geographical feature that influences the climate, ecology, and human settlement patterns across Central Asia.

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Encyclopedic overview

Mongolian name Mongolian CyrillicГовь Mongolian script ᠭᠣᠪᠢ

The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gobi Desert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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