What are the deserts in China, and what are the big deserts in China?

There are still many deserts in China, mainly in the north. The largest is the Taklamakan Desert in the interior of Xinjiang. Then there's the Gurbantunggut Desert.

Badain Jaran Desert. Tengger Desert. Ulan Bu and the desert.

Kubuqi Desert. Qaidam Basin Desert. Kumtag Desert.

1. The eight major deserts in China are: Taklamakan Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Ulan Buhe Desert, Kubuqi Desert, Qaidam Basin Desert, and Kumtag Desert.

2. The total area of China's deserts is about 700,000 square kilometers, and the total area of the Gobi Desert, which is more than 500,000 square kilometers, is 1.28 million square kilometers, accounting for 13% of the total land area of the country. The arid region of Northwest China is the most concentrated area of deserts in China, accounting for about 80% of the total desert area of the country.

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Taklamakan Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Ulan Buhe Desert, Kubuqisha Hui Desert, Qaidam Basin Desert, Kumtag Desert, Umussu Desert, Hunshandak Desert.

First of all, the largest area is the Taklamakan Desert, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, which is the largest desert in China and the second largest mobile desert in the world.

The second largest desert is the Gurbantunggut Desert, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, in the Jungar Basin of Xinjiang.

The third desert is the Badain Jaran Desert, which originally covered an area of 10,000 square kilometers and is located on the Alxa Plateau in western Inner Mongolia.

The fourth is the Tengger Desert, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, in the southeast of the Alxa Plateau.

The fifth is the Qaidam Desert, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, and in the Qaidam Basin of Qinghai, mobile sand dunes are the mainstay.

The sixth is the Kumtag Desert, which covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers.

The seventh is Ulan Bu and the desert, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers.

The eighth is the Kubuqi Desert, which covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers and is in the north of Ordos.

The ninth desert is the Mu Us Sandy Land, which covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers and is located in the south of Ordos.

The tenth is the Hunshandak Sandy Land, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, in the southern part of the Xilin Gol grassland in Inner Mongolia.

Taklamakan Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Mu Us Desert, Kumtag Desert, etc.

1. Taklamakan Desert: Located in the Tarim Basin** in Xinjiang, China, it is the largest desert in China and the second largest mobile desert in the world.

2. Gurbantunggut Desert: Located in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang**, it is the second largest desert in China and the largest fixed and semi-fixed desert in China.

3. Badain Jaran Desert: Located in the Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia, it is the third largest desert in China and the largest sand area in the world.

4. Tengger Desert: Located in the western part of Inner Mongolia and the central part of Gansu Province, it is the fourth largest desert in China. Tengri means as vast as the sky in Mongolian.

5. Mu Us Desert: Located in the center of the Ordos Plateau between Yulin in Shaanxi Province and Ordos City in Inner Mongolia, it is the fifth largest desert in China.

6. Kumtag Desert: It is the sixth largest desert in China, in Uygur language, Qom means sand, Tag means mountain, and Kumtag is sand mountain as the name suggests.

China's deserts are: Taklamakan Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Kumtag Desert, Qaidam Basin Desert, Kubuqi Desert, Ulan Bu and Desert.

1. Taklamakan Desert

Located in the center of the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, it is the largest desert in China and the second largest mobile desert in the world. The administrative scope includes parts of Aksu, Kashgar, Hotan and Bazhou.

2. Gurbantunggut Desert

The Gurbantunggut Desert, located in the Junggar Basin in northern Xinjiang, covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers and is the largest fixed and semi-fixed desert in China. The administrative scope includes Changji and Altay.

3. Badain Jaran Desert

The Badain Jaran Desert is located on the southwestern edge of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, and the administrative region includes parts of the Ejina Banner and the Alxa Right Banner.

4. Tengger Desert

The Tengger Desert is located in the southwest of the Alxa Left Banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the central border of Gansu Province, between 37°30 to 40°N latitude and 102°20 to 106°E longitude. The Great Wall of South Vietnam, east to Helan Mountain, west to Yabulai Mountain.

5. Kumtag Desert

The Kumtag Desert is located at the eastern end of southern Xinjiang, south and east of Luobo Lake, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers, and is the fifth largest desert in China.

6. Qaidam Basin Desert

It is located in the Qaidam Basin of Qinghai Province and the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers and an altitude of 2,500-3,000 meters, making it the highest desert in China. The Qaidam Basin Desert is the sixth largest desert in China.

7. Kubuqi Desert

It is located in the northern part of the Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia, covering an area of about 10,000 square kilometers. Kubuqi means "bowstring" in Mongolian.

8. Ulan Bu and the desert

Ulan Buhe Desert is located in Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia and the northeast of the Alxa League, in the southwest of the Hetao Plain. The current land type consists of sand dunes, sand heaths, arable land, and small grasslands.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - China's Eight Great Deserts.

There are eight deserts in China:

1.Taklamakan Desert: It is located in the center of the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers, and is the largest desert in China and the second largest mobile desert in the world.

2.Gurbantunggut Desert: The second largest desert in China, located in the Junggar Basin, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers.

It consists of four deserts, the Sobgul Bugle Desert in the west, the Hojing Nerisin Desert in the east, the Dezosoten Airison Desert in the middle, and the Kobbei-Akkum Desert in the north.

3.Badain Jaran Desert: Located in the north of Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, it is about 270 kilometers long from east to west, about 220 kilometers wide from north to south, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, which is the third desert in China, and there are more than 10,000 square kilometers in the northwest of the region, which has no human footprints.

4.Tengger Desert: Located in the southwest of the Alxa Left Banner of the Alxa League and the central part of Gansu Province, it covers a total area of 10,000 square kilometers.

5.Qaidam Basin Desert: The Qaidam Basin Desert is the fifth largest desert in China, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers. The Qaidam Desert is located in the hinterland of the Qaidam Basin, a huge inland basin in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau.

6.Kubuqi Desert: 400 kilometers long and 50 kilometers wide, lying in the northern part of the Ordos Plateau, across the Inner Mongolia Sanqi, the sixth largest desert in China and the closest desert to Beijing. One of the sources of this spring's sandstorm that has changed the color of the people in Beijing is the Kubuqi Desert.

7.Hunshandak Sandy Land: In the south-central part of the Xilin Gol grassland, it runs east-west, stretching for more than 300 kilometers, with a total area of 21,400 square kilometers.

8.Ulan Bu and Desert: Located in the western part of Inner Mongolia, the eastern part of Ningxia and the west bank of the Yellow River, Ulan Bu and the desert spans the Alxa League and the Bayannur League, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers.

The total area of China's deserts is about 700,000 square kilometers, and if you include the Gobi Desert, which is more than 500,000 square kilometers, the total area is 1.28 million square kilometers, accounting for 13% of the country's total land area. The arid region of Northwest China is the most concentrated desert area in China, accounting for about 80% of the total desert area of the country, and the eight most famous deserts in China are: Taklamakan Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Kumtag Desert, Qaidam Desert, Kubuqi Desert, Ulan Buhe Desert.

China's deserts include: Taklamakan Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Qaidam Basin Desert, Kubuqi Desert, Tengger Desert and so on.

1. Taklamakan Desert

Located in the center of the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, it is the largest desert in China and the second largest mobile desert in the world. The administrative scope includes parts of Aksu, Kasongkongshi, Hotan, and Bazhou.

2. Gurbantunggut Desert

Located in the Junggar Basin in northern Xinjiang, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, it is the largest fixed and semi-fixed desert in China. The administrative scope includes Changji and Altay.

3. Badain Jaran Desert

Located in the southwest edge of the Inner Mongolia Plateau, the administrative region includes part of the Ejina Banner and the Alxa Right Banner, about 270 kilometers long from east to west, about 220 kilometers wide from north to south, with an area of 10,000 square kilometers, it is the third largest desert in China, and there are more than 10,000 square kilometers of territory in the northwest of which there are no human footprints.

4. Qaidam Basin Desert.

It is located in the Qaidam Basin of Qinghai Province and the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers and an altitude of 2,500-3,000 meters, which is the highest desert in China. The Qaidam Basin Desert is the sixth largest desert in China.

5. Kubuqi Desert.

It is located in the northern part of the Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia, covering an area of about 10,000 square kilometers. Kubuqi means "bowstring" in Mongolian, it is 400 kilometers long, 50 kilometers wide, and the sand dunes are 10-60 meters high, like a yellow dragon lying across the northern part of the Ordos Plateau, across the three banners of Inner Mongolia. The Kubuqi Desert is the seventh largest desert in China, and it is also the closest desert to Beijing, and it is one of the most popular sandstorms in Beijing.

6. Tengger Town is a pure desert.

The fourth largest desert in China and one of the five most beautiful deserts in China. It is located in the southwest of Alxa Left Banner of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the central border of Gansu Province. The Great Wall of South Vietnam, east to Helan Mountain, west to Yabulai Mountain.

It covers an area of about 30,000 square kilometers. Dotted between the golden sands are numerous tranquil desert lakes, most notably Moon Lake and Swan Lake.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Qaidam Desert.

China's deserts include the Taklamakan Desert, the Gurbantunggut Desert, the Badain Jaran Desert, the Tengger Desert and the Mu Us Desert.

1. Taklamakan Desert

Located in the center of the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert is the largest sand rolling desert in China, the tenth largest desert in the world, and the second largest mobile desert in the world. The entire desert is about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west and 400 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of 330,000 square kilometers.

2. Gurbantunggut Desert

The Gurbantunggut Desert (also known as the Junggar Basin Desert) is located in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang**, east of the Manas River and south of the Ulungu River, and is also the largest fixed and semi-fixed desert in China, with an area of about 10,000 square kilometers, ranking second among the eight major deserts in China, with an altitude of 300 600 meters and more water sources.

3, Brother Li in the Badain Jaran Desert.

The Badain Jaran Desert, the third largest desert in the world, is located at the bottom of the Yin'an Basin in the western part of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with a total area of 10,000 square kilometers. The main scenic spots are Bataan Lake, Badain Jarin Temple, Bilutu Sand Mountain, etc., there are plant resources such as Shuttle Suo, Caragana, Overlord, Artemisia Seed, Populus euphratica, Camel Thorn and other plants, as well as dozens of wild animals and birds such as swans, wild ducks, argali, yellow sheep, badger pigs, foxes, etc.

4. Tengger Desert

The Tengger Desert is located in the southwest of the Alxa Left Banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the central border of Gansu Province, between 37°30 to 40°N latitude and 102°20 to 106°E longitude. The Great Wall of South Vietnam, east to Helan Mountain, west to Yabulai Mountain. It is 240 kilometers long from north to south and 160 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of about 10,000 square kilometers, making it the fourth largest desert in China.

It is the eastern part of the Alxa Desert, at the bottom of the Yin'e Basin.

5. Mu Us Desert.

The Mu Us Desert is located north of the first line of the Great Wall of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, so Yulin City is also known as the Camel City, which means the city of the desert. The Mu Us Desert covers an area of about 10,000 square kilometers. Precipitation is high (250 400 mm), which is conducive to plant growth, and it is a relatively developed area of animal husbandry, with large areas of fixed and semi-fixed dunes.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Mu Us Desert.