In more recent times, historians discovered that the desert played an important business role in China, with 2 oases (fertile spots in the desert) serving as trading spots on the Silk Road, named as such as it was the most common of the precious goods crossing this area.
Q. Why is the Gobi Desert important to ancient China?
To the north and west of Ancient China were two of the world’s largest deserts: the Gobi Desert and the Taklamakan Desert. These deserts also provided borders that kept the Chinese isolated from the rest of the world. This is why the Great Wall of China was built to protect the Chinese from these northern invaders.
Table of Contents
- Q. Why is the Gobi Desert important to ancient China?
- Q. What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous in the world?
- Q. What’s the largest desert in China?
- Q. What is the 5 largest desert and is located in China?
- Q. What is the second largest desert in the world?
- Q. What desert is located in China?
- Q. Has China got a desert?
Q. What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous in the world?
Chapter 19 Social Studies Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What made the Taklimakan Desert one of the most dangerous deserts in the world? | sandstorms and shifting dunes |
| How is the Gobi Desert different from the Taklimakan Desert? | pebbles cover much of the surface |
Q. What’s the largest desert in China?
Taklamakan Desert
Q. What is the 5 largest desert and is located in China?
The Gobi, broadly defined, can be divided into five distinct dry ecoregions, based on variations in climate and topography: Eastern Gobi desert steppe, the easternmost of the Gobi ecoregions, covering an area of 281,800 km2 (108,804 sq mi). It extends from the Inner Mongolian Plateau in China northward into Mongolia.
Q. What is the second largest desert in the world?
Arctic Desert
Q. What desert is located in China?
Gobi Desert
Q. Has China got a desert?
Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang It is 1,000 kilometers long from the east part to the west end, and 400 kilometers wide from the south to the north. The total area is 337, 600square kilometers. It is the largest desert within the territory of China. As a result, it is called “Taklimakan Desert”.
