It consists of the desert basins and low mountains lying between the Gobi Altai range on the north, the Helan Mountains to the southeast, and the Qilian Mountains and northeastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau on the southwest.

2025年2月5日 · Gobi Desert, great desert and semidesert region of Central Asia that stretches across large parts of Mongolia and China. Much of the Gobi (from Mongolian gobi, meaning ‘waterless place’) is not sandy desert but bare rock.

Extending for some 1200 miles east northeast from China's Tian Shan, or "Celestial," mountain range into China's Manchurian region, it covers well over half a million square miles, lying in the heart of Asia's most remote region.

The Gobi is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya range, which prevents rain-carrying clouds from reaching the Gobi. It is roughly crescent-shaped, lying between the Altai and Hangayn mountain ranges in the north and the Pei Mountains in the south.

The Gobi Desert, the largest desert in Asia, covers 1.3 million square kilometers across southern Mongolia and northern China. Its vast terrain includes barren plains, towering sand dunes, and rugged mountains.

The Gobi is a rain shadow desert, caused by the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas shielding it from rain. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Hexi Corridor and Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast.

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