The Gobi Desert
AD & FD of Pok Oi Hospital Mrs Cheng Yam On School, Hung Tsz To, Non-Fiction: Group 1
I
am losing, losing, losing......in the Gobi Desert. How do I walk across it? It’s an unboundary
region, all you could see are and dunes, sand......Will I lose my life in Gobi Desert?
Let’s know more about the Gobi Desert.
The Gobi Desert is the fifth largest desert in the world and occupies an area of 1,300,000
k², and it is a large desert region in Asia. The Gobi is most notable in history as part of the great
Mongol Empire and as the location of several important cities along the Silk Road.
The Gobi is a cold desert with frost and occasionally snow occurring on its dunes. The climate
of the Gobi is one of great extremes, these can occur not only seasonally but within 24 hours. The
temperature in Gobi is extremely, ranging from -40º(-46º) in winter to +50º(122º) in summer.
The Gobi Desert is the source of many important fossil finds including the first dinosaur eggs.
Despite the harsh conditions, these deserts and the surrounding regions sustain over 45
different species of animals and birds.
But the Gobi Desert is expanding at an alarming rate, in a process known as desertification.
The expansion of the Gobi is attributed mostly to human activities, notably deforestation,
overgrazing, and depletion of water resources. China has tried various plants to slow the
expansion of the desert. The most recent plan involves the planting of the Green Wall of China, a
huge ring of newly planted forests; it acts as a buffer against further desertification.
