This vast desert in northern China is one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. The Gobi Desert covers an area of 500,000 square miles and is home to some of the most extreme temperatures in the world. The desert is known for its vast sand dunes, rugged mountains
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The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world.