gobi desert
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Gobi Desert
Everything about the desert
in your hands!
Jenny KO
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Location and Area
• The Gobi is Asia's largest desert. • It stretches nearly 1,000 miles
east and west and nearly 5,000 miles north and south across large parts of Mongolia and China. In total, it covers 500,000 square miles.
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Rainfall and Temperature
• Less than 8 inches of rain fall in the entire desert every year.
• The Gobi is very dry, but it is also very cold.
• It is nearly 3,000 feet above sea level, and so its temperatures are very low at times.
• It can be quite hot or quite cold, often in the same day.
• Winter days can be filled with snowstorms and icy sandstorms. Average low temperatures are -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Average highs are 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Gobi Desert Sand Storm
The Gobi Desert Sand Dunes
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The Land
• The Gobi Desert has massive rocky areas, large dry grasslands, and a good bit of sand, but it also has bodies of water.
• Surface and underground rivers run through the desert, which is also home to some lakes.
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Animals and Life• Some of archaeology's most
significant finds have come from the Gobi, including the first dinosaur eggs.
• Many species of animals and plants live in the desert. Animal residents include wild camels, sheep, lynxes, black-tailed gazelles, sand plovers, brown bears, and snow leopards.
• Plant life includes such hearty species as gray sagebrush and needle grass.
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People
• People live in the desert as well, although many of them are nomads who follow herds of animals around.
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Treasures
• The Gobi has large deposits of copper and gold, and Chinese and Mongolian officials are looking into mining operations.