Mu-Us desert

Mu Us sand desert Maowusu Shamo (毛 乌 素 沙漠)
location	People's Republic of China
part of	Ordos desert
Coordinates	38 ° 30 '  N , 109 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 30 '  N , 109 ° 0'  E
rock	Sand (77%)
surface	38,371 km²

The Mu-Us Desert or Maowusu Shamo ( Chinese  毛 烏 素 沙漠  /  毛 乌 素 沙漠 , Pinyin Máowūsù Shāmò ) is a desert in the center of the Ordos Plateau , which borders the Shaanxi Province to the north and the Ordos urban area of Inner Mongolia to the south.

The so-called "White City" ( 白城 子 , báichéngzǐ ; mong. Qagan hot) lies on its edge.

See also

• Jingbian
• List of Chinese deserts

Web links

• The Mu-Us desert area
• Introduction to the Control and Development of the Sand Area of ​​Yulin. Forest Division of Yulin Prefecture, Shaanxi Province
• Studies show Mu Us Desert advances more than 120m each year
• Despite the danger of erosion, the desert is in retreat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rao, Wenbo, et al. "Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics of eolian deposits in the Erdos Desert and Chinese Loess Plateau: Implications for their provenances." Geochemical Journal 42.3 (2008): 273-282. ( PDF )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Karnieli, Arnon, et al. "Spatio-temporal dynamics of land-use and land-cover in the Mu Us sandy land, China, using the change vector analysis technique." Remote Sensing 6.10 (2014): 9316-9339. ( PDF )