Ulanbuh desert
| Ulan Buh desert
(乌兰布 和 大 沙漠)
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 Salt lake in the Ulan Buh desert |
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 People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia |
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| part of | Alxa desert | |
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 0 ′ N , 106 ° 25 ′ E | |
| surface | 9,900 km² | |
 Camels in the Ulan Buh desert |
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The Ulanbuh Desert or Ulan Buh ( 乌兰布 和 沙漠 , Wulanbuhe Shamo ) is located in the eastern part of the Alxa Desert in the area of the Alxa and Bayan Nur in Inner Mongolia of the People's Republic of China . In the north it extends to the Lang Shan ( 狼山 ), in the northeast it extends to the Hetao Plain (Hetao pingyuan 河套 平原 ), in the east it borders the Yellow River , in the south it extends to the northern slopes of the Helan Shan ( 贺兰 山 ). Their area is 10,300 square kilometers.
In the circle Dengkou is located Experimental Center for Desert Forestry of China Fortstwirtschaftsakademie ( 中国林科院沙漠林业实验中心 , Zhongguo left yuan Shamo Linye shiyan zhongxin , English Experimental Center of Desert Forestry of the Chinese Academy of Forestry ).
See also
Web links
- Ulanbuh desert
- Experimental Center of Desert Forestry - English
- Agroforestry Systems in China - English
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chun, Xi, et al. "Formation of Ulan Buh desert and its environmental changes during the Holocene." Frontiers of Earth Science in China 2.3 (2008): 327-332. ( PDF )
- ↑ Ulanbuh Desert ( Memento from July 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )