Transcript Gobi Desert - pambrowncorninghighschool

By: K. Hartwig
Where it is located
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The Gobi measures over 1,600 km from
southwest to northeast and 800 km from north
to south.
A relatively large area on the east side of the
Greater Khingan range, between the upper
waters of the Songhua and the upper waters of
the Liao-ho, is reckoned to belong to the Gobi
by conventional usage.
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The Gobi is a cold desert, with frost and
occasionally snow occurring on its dunes.
The climate of the Gobi is one of great
extremes, combined with rapid changes of
temperature of as much as 63 °F.
These can occur not only seasonally, but within
24 hours.
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The Gobi Desert is the source of many
important fossil finds, including the first
dinosaur eggs.
Despite the harsh conditions, these deserts and
the surrounding regions sustain many animals,
including black-tailed gazelles, marbled
polecats, bactrian camels, and sandplovers.
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Currently, the Gobi desert is expanding at an
alarming rate, in a process known as
desertification.
The expansion is particularly rapid on the
southern edge into China, which has seen 3,600
km2 of grassland overtaken every year by the
Gobi Desert.