where is the gobi dessert on a map
Gobi Desert
The altitudes are higher , those of the lowlands ranging from 1,000 to 1,700 m ( 3,300 to 5,600 ft ) , and those of the ranges from 200 to 500 m ( 660 to 1,640 ft ) higher , though in a few cases they reach altitudes of 2,400 m ( 7,900 ft ) . The elevations do not form continuous chains , but make up a congeries of short ridges and groups rising from a common base and intersected by a labyrinth of ravines , gullies , glens and basins . But the tablelands , built up of the horizontal red deposits of the Han - gai ( Obruchev 's Gobi formation ) which are characteristic of the southern parts of eastern Mongolia , are absent here or occur only in one locality , near the Shara - muren river . They are greatly intersected by gullies or dry watercourses . Water is scarce , with no streams , no lakes , no wells , and precipitation falls seldom . The prevailing winds blow from the west and northwest , and the pall of dust overhangs the country as in the Takla Makan and the desert of Lop . Characteristic of the flora are wild garlic , Kalidium gracile , wormwood , saxaul , Nitraria schoberi , Caragana , Ephedra , saltwort and the grass Lasiagrostis splendens . The taana wild onion Allium polyrrhizum is the main browse eaten by many herd animals , and Mongolians claim that this is essential to produce the correct , slightly hazelnut - like flavour of camel airag ( fermented milk ) .
The altitudes are higher , those of the lowlands ranging from 1,000 to 1,700 m ( 3,300 to 5,600 ft ) , and those of the ranges from 200 to 500 m ( 660 to 1,640 ft ) higher , though in a few cases they reach altitudes of 2,400 m ( 7,900 ft ) . The elevations do not form continuous chains , but make up a congeries of short ridges and groups rising from a common base and intersected by a labyrinth of ravines , gullies , glens and basins . But the tablelands , built up of the horizontal red deposits of the Han - gai ( Obruchev 's Gobi formation ) which are characteristic of the southern parts of eastern Mongolia , are absent here or occur only in one locality , near the Shara - muren river . They are greatly intersected by gullies or dry watercourses . Water is scarce , with no streams , no lakes , no wells , and precipitation falls seldom . The prevailing winds blow from the west and northwest , and the pall of dust overhangs the country as in the Takla Makan and the desert of Lop . Characteristic of the flora are wild garlic , Kalidium gracile , wormwood , saxaul , Nitraria schoberi , Caragana , Ephedra , saltwort and the grass Lasiagrostis splendens . The taana wild onion Allium polyrrhizum is the main browse eaten by many herd animals , and Mongolians claim that this is essential to produce the correct , slightly hazelnut - like flavour of camel airag ( fermented milk ) .