Gurbantünggüt Desert
The Gurbantünggüt Desert occupies a large part of the Dzungarian Basin in Northern Xinjiang, in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is also called by some sources Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert, from the Mongolian language.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Public domain.- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 490 metres (1,610 feet)
- Description: China’s second largest desert
- Also known as“Dsosotin Eleson”“Dzosotön Elisun Sands”“Gǔ’ěrbāntōnggǔtè Shāmò”“Gurbantunggut Shamo”“Ku-erh-pan-t’ung-ku-t’e Sha-mo”“Kurbantongut Desert”“Peski Dzosotin Elisun”“Peski Dzosotyn Elisun”“Qurban-Tungghut Desert”“Te-tso-so-t’eng-ai-li-sung Sha-mo”“Zōsutsi-erisūn Sha-mo”“古尔班通古特沙漠 قۇربانتۈڭغۈت قۇملۇقى”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
45.26656° or 45° 15′ 60″ north
Longitude
88.09598° or 88° 5′ 46″ east
Open location code
8MQC738W+J9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = desert
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Gurbantünggüt Desert” goes by many names.
صحراء قربان تونغوتArabic
Dzosotın-ElisunAzerbaijani
Gurbantünggüt basamortuaBasque
Дзасатын-ЭлісунBelarusian
Дзосотин ЕлисунBulgarian
desert de Dzoosotoyn ElisenCatalan
desert de GurbantünggütCatalan
desert Dzoosotoyn ElisenCatalan
Dzoosotoyn ElisenCatalan
GurbantünggütCatalan
Gurbantünggüt ShamoCebuano
古尔班通古特沙漠Chinese
古爾班通古特沙漠Chinese
Gurbantünggüt DesertDutch
صحرا قربان تونجوتEgyptian Arabic
Gurbantunggutin aavikkoFinnish
מדבר גורבאמטונגוטHebrew
Deserto GurbantünggütItalian
グルバンテュンギュト砂漠Japanese
Құрбан Тұңғыт шөліKazakh
구르반튱구트 사막Korean
GurbantiungiutasLithuanian
بیابان قربانتونغوتPersian
GurbantünggütPolish
Deșertul GurbantünggütRomanian
ГурбантюнгютRussian
Дзосотын-ЭлисунRussian
Курбан-ТунгутRussian
КурбантонгутRussian
Dzoosotoyn ElisenScottish Gaelic
Dzoosotoyn Elisen DesertScottish Gaelic
GurbantungutSerbian
ГурбантунгутSerbian
Gurbantünggüt ShamoSwedish
Kurbantongut ÇölüTurkish
Дзосотин-ЕлісунUkrainian
Gurbantunggut choʻliUzbek
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