List of Chinese deserts
This is a list of Chinese deserts . They are mainly found in Xinjiang , Qinghai , Gansu , Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi , that is, in the north-west and north of China , accordingly the names mostly come from non-Chinese languages.
- Alashan ( Alxa ), see Tengger Desert and Badain Jaran
- Badain Jaran 巴丹吉林 沙漠 , Badanjilin Shamo (southwestern part of the Alxa Federation in the west of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in the middle of the Alxa desert area)
- Gurbantünggüt / Junggar Desert / Gurban Tunggut 古尔 班 通 古特沙 漠 , Gu'erbantonggute Shamo (middle of the Junggar Basin in northern Xinjiang )
- Horqin Desert 科尔沁 沙漠 , Ke'erqin Shamo (in eastern Inner Mongolia )
- Hunshandak Desert 混 善 达克 沙漠 , Hunshandake Shamo , in the south of the Xilin Gol Federation, Inner Mongolia
- Kubuqi Desert 库 布 其 沙漠 , Kubuqi Shamo ( Ordos Plateau )
- Kumtag Desert (Dunhuang) 库姆塔格 沙漠 , Kumutage Shamo (southeast of Lop Nur in Xinjiang)
- Kumtag Desert (Turpan) 库姆塔格 沙漠 , Kumutage Shamo (in the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang)
- Lop Nor
- Mu-Us Desert 毛 乌 素 沙漠 , Mao Wusu Shaomo (in the center of the Ordos Plateau in the north of Shaanxi Province and in the south of the Ordos urban area of Inner Mongolia)
- Qaidam Basin Desert 柴达木 盆地 沙漠 , Chaodamu pendi ( Qinghai Province )
- Taklimakan / Taklamakan 塔克拉玛干 沙漠 , Takelamagan Shamo (in the south of the Tian Shan Mountains in Xinjiang and in the middle of the Tarim Basin )
- Tengger Desert 腾 格里 沙漠 , Tenggeli Shamo (southeastern Alxa region of Inner Mongolia)
- Ulanbuh Desert 乌兰布 和 沙漠 , Wulanbuhe Shamo (eastern part of the Alxa Desert in Inner Mongolia)
Web links
- Country Studies China - Deserts
- Distribution of the deserts of China. P. 240 (PDF file; 3.31 MB)