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Ordos Desert Ordos Plateau steppe
Ordos steppe landscape
Ecology
Realm
Palearctic
Biome
montane grasslands and shrublands
Borders
List
Alashan Plateau semi-desert
Central China loess plateau mixed forests
Helanshan montane conifer forests
Mongolian–Manchurian grassland,
Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows
Geography
Area
215,952 km2 (83,380 sq mi)
Country
China
Provinces
Gansu
Inner Mongolia
Ningxia
Shaanxi,
Shanxi
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/endangered[1]
Protected
0.04%[2]
Xiangshawan (响沙湾), a desert tourist attraction in Ordos DesertThe region of Ordos
The Ordos Desert (simplified Chinese: 鄂尔多斯沙漠; traditional Chinese: 鄂爾多斯沙漠; pinyin: È'ěrduōsī Shāmò) is a desert/steppe region in Northwest China, administered under the prefecture of Ordos City in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region (centered ca. 39°N109°E / 39°N 109°E / 39; 109). It extends over an area of approximately 90,650 km2 (35,000 sq mi), and comprises two sub-deserts: China's 7th-largest desert, the Kubuqi Desert, in the north; and China's 8th-largest desert, the Mu Us Desert, in the south. Wedged between the arable Hetao region to the north and the Loess Plateau to the south, the soil of the Ordos Desert is mostly a mixture of dry clay and sand, and as a result is poorly suited for agriculture.
^"Ordos Plateau steppe". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^"Ordos Plateau steppe". Dopa Explorer. Accessed 4 March 2021. [1]
of the middle Yellow River known as the Ordos Loop. Mountain ranges separate the Ordos from the Gobi Desert north and east of the Yellow River. The northern...
Ordos, also known as Ih Ju, is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River. Although...
The Ordos Plateau, also known as the Ordos Basin or simply the Ordos, is a highland sedimentary basin in parts of most Northern China with an elevation...
prefecture of Ordos City. Located between the Hetao plains and the Loess Plateau, it is part of the OrdosDesert along with the neighboring Mu Us Desert to its...
or "the Ordos", land enclosed by Ordos Loop OrdosDesert, in Inner Mongolia Ordos Mongols, a Mongol tribe that inhabits the Ordos region Ordos culture...
500 ft) in altitude, to the southwest. The OrdosDesert, which covers the northeastern portion of the Ordos Plateau (also near the great northern loop...
The Ordos culture (simplified Chinese: 鄂尔多斯文化; traditional Chinese: 鄂爾多斯文化) was a material culture occupying a region centered on the Ordos Loop (corresponding...
Acknowledging the Mongol control established in the OrdosDesert, the wall followed the desert's southern edge instead of incorporating the bend of the...
Shizuishan - a little further east of which lies the Mu Us portion of the OrdosDesert. To the north lies the Inner Mongolian city of Wuhai. They are about...
the Ordos Basin and mainly comprises the two prefectural cities of Yulin and Yan'an on the northern Loess Plateau, demarcated from the OrdosDesert and...
east by the northern portion of Lüliang Mountains, and the south by the OrdosDesert and the Loess Plateau (separated by the course of the Ming Great Wall)...
side of the Ordos Loop. It was formerly a center for caravans traveling the northern routes to and from Beijing across the OrdosDesert. Shizuishan was...
much-contested Ordos region as far as the Qin fortifications set up by Meng Tian. In this way, Wei Qing reconquered the irrigable lands north of the Ordos and restored...
the northern part of the Loess Plateau, on the southern edge of the OrdosDesert. It is dated to around 2000 BC, near the end of the Longshan period,...
common sighting by locals in this city and in the sand dunes of the OrdosDesert. They are omnivorous; they primarily eat grains, vegetables, fruit, and...
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation...
Shanxi. Since the fifth century BC Bingzhou had been separated from the OrdosDesert repeatedly by a series of walls that would form the Great Wall of China...
in the OrdosDesert, where maternal DNA corresponds to the Mongol Daur people and the Tungusic Evenks. The Zhukaigou Xianbei (part of the Ordos culture...
Empire) Lesser-Yuezhi (Xiǎo Yuèzhī – 小月氏) Ordos culture people (in the Upper or North Ordos Plateau or the OrdosDesert) (if ancient Indo-European, they would...
continual expansion of the OrdosDesert, Ordos officials were faced with a local infrastructure planning problem. Hence in 2003, Ordos city officials launched...
main embodiment, of the Tenger spirit. The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos City, in Inner Mongolia, is an important center of this worship tradition...
during dry weather. Xiangshawan is in Ordos Prefecture's Dalad Banner, about halfway between Baotou and Ordos City, within the great northern bend of...
dynasty began an offensive against the Turks by capturing areas of the OrdosDesert. In the 8th century, Islam began to penetrate the region and soon became...
the Ordosdesert, called the Iridiscent Gateway of Heaven. There, they would be subjected to harsh training before being uploaded. Later, the Ordos desert...
The Ordos Museum (Chinese: 鄂尔多斯博物馆) is a museum in Kangbashi, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. The museum, which houses collections relating to the local...
southern edge of the Maowusu Sands of the OrdosDesert, on what was formerly a strategic site in the center of the Ordos Plateau. Tongwancheng, which means the...
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