The Gobi Desert

It's the Gobi desert-the largest desert in Asia, and the 5th largest desert in the world. It's 500,002 square miles, and mostly covered in rock, not sand. The Gobi desert isn't your average desert with sweltering heat and dry land. It's a cold desert, and it may even at some times have frost on the ground! Many fossils are found here. In fact, the first dinosaur eggs were discovered here. Many animals live in the Gobi, plants too. But unfortunately, desertification is threatening the environment around the desert. This is mostly caused by humans-for example, deforestation, overgrazing, and global warming. Although China tries to stop the spread of the desert, most attempts have failed. The Gobi desert is a big part of East Asia, and is an area rich in living things!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_desert

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