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Gobi DesertDesert, Central Asia. One of the great desert and semidesert regions of the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over large areas of Mongolia and China. It occupies an arc of land 1,000 mi (1,609 km) long and 300–600 mi (500–1,000 km) wide, with an estimated area of 500,000 sq mi (1,300,000 sq km). Contrary to the image often associated with a desert, much of the Gobi is not sandy but covered with bare rock. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| such as those in Australia, stay toasty all year, while cold deserts, such as Mongolia's Gobi desert, can be chilly much of the year. ABOUT MIDWAY through ``Flight of the Phoenix,'' one of the survivors of a plane wreck in the Gobi Desert cranks up a boombox so that everyone can dance to ``Hey Ya But Rawicz and a handful of his friends were to defy the Soviet apparatus of mass murder by embarking on an incredible continent-long trek, crossing frozen Siberian wastes and the barren Gobi desert in pursuit of freedom. |
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