The Gobi Desert[1] is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world.
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.
The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia and the fifth largest in the entire world. It is a vast landscape, stretching 1.3 million square kilometers across northern and northeastern China, and southern Mongolia.
Stretching across southern Mongolia and northern China, the Gobi Desert stands as one of the most captivating and enigmatic landscapes on the planet. Covering an area of over 1.3 million square kilometers, it is the largest desert in Asia and the fifth-largest desert in the world.
It lies in the heart of Asia's remotest area, between Siberia to the north and the Tibetan Plateau to the south, covering the southern third of Mongolia. Unlike the romanticized image of deserts with sweeping sand dunes, most of the landscape of the Gobi consists of rocky, hard packed terrain.
Wild Chronicles joins National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz as he sets out to document the heart of a harsh and foreboding landscape from above. From a unique aerial vantage point, the Gobi Desert 's parched landscape unfolds in all its breathtaking glory.
The Gobi Desert, or Desert Gobi, is a vast region covering 1.3 million square kilometers of southern Mongolia and northern China. It’s the largest desert in Asia, characterized by its cold, arid climate, and unique landscapes.