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The Gobi Desert (Desert Week 2012)
Monday, 9th July 2012 by Ian Brown
The rain shadow caused by the massive bulk of the Himalayan mountains creates arid conditions for a huge distance to the east. The 1,600km (1,000 mile) long arc of the Gobi Desert spans the border between China and Mongolia; it is the world’s fifth-largest desert and the largest in Asia. Covering an area of 1.3 million square kilometres (half a million square miles), the Gobi includes a wide range of…











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