Biluthu
| Biluthu | ||
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| height | 1609.6 m | |
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Badain Jaran Desert Inner Mongolia , People's Republic of China |
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 50 '46 " N , 102 ° 28' 13" E | |
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| Type | sand dune | |
| particularities | one of the highest sand dunes on earth | |
 From the dune to the west with Lake Yinderitu |
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Biluthu is a 1,609.6 meter high sand mountain in Badain Jaran , a desert landscape in Inner Mongolia and the fourth largest desert in the world. With a relative height of 430 meters, it is the highest mega- dune in Central Asia and one of the highest stationary dunes on earth.
To the west of the dune is Lake Yinderitu ( location , 1170 m , 0.98 km², salinity 251.6 g / l, pH value 9.9), north of the Huhejaran Lake ( location , 1170 m , 1.03 km²) and southeast of the Bilutu Lake ( location , 1170 m , 0.39 km²). The largest lake in the region, the Nuoertu Lake ( location , 1170 m , 1.75 km², maximum depth 15.6 m) is located around 8 km south of the aforementioned lakes and the greatest distance to Biluthu . The heights of the surrounding lakes and the absolute height of the mountain result in a relative height of a maximum of almost 440 meters, less than the 520 meters sometimes mentioned in the literature.
Web links
- Jenny Hogan: Mystery of world's tallest sand dunes solved. In: New scientist. November 24, 2004, accessed on October 9, 2010 (English, partial translation (German) ).
- Bjørn Erik Sass: Very big dune. In: ZEIT ONLINE. November 22, 2007, accessed January 1, 2013 .
- The world's highest "pile of sand" is growing. May 6, 2005, accessed October 8, 2010 .
- A picture on Flickr
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Hofmann: Lakes in the BADAIN JARAN desert. (No longer available online.) 1999, archived from the original on November 14, 2010 ; Retrieved on October 9, 2010 (from Jürgen Hofmann: Geo-ecological investigations of the waters in the southeast of the Badain Jaran Desert (Aut. Inner Mongolia region / PR China) - status and late Quaternary water development . In: Berliner Geographische Abhandlungen . No. 64 . Berlin 1999, p. 1–164 (habilitation thesis). ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ wuestenwandern.de: the sacred lakes of the gobi. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 2, 2010 ; Retrieved October 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Jürgen Hofmann: DFG PROJECT: Badain Jaran Shamo lake cadastre. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 1999, archived from the original on November 22, 2009 ; Retrieved October 9, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
