Gurbantünggüt Desert

The Gurbantünggüt Desert occupies a large part of the Basin in Northern , in the northwest of the . It is also called by some sources Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert, from the Mongolian language.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Desert
  • 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”, and “Zōsutsi-erisūn Sha-mo”

Gurbantünggüt Desert

Latitude
45.26656° or 45° 15′ 60″ north
Longitude
88.09598° or 88° 5′ 46″ east
Elevation
491 metres (1,611 feet)
Open location code
8MQC738W+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232927608
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­desert
Geo­Names ID
1529491
Wiki­data ID
Q1517734
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Gurbantünggüt Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صحراء قربان تونغوت”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dzosotın-Elisun”
  • Basque: “Gurbantünggüt basamortua”
  • Belarusian: “Дзасатын-Элісун”
  • Bulgarian: “Дзосотин Елисун”
  • Catalan: “desert de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Catalan: “desert de Gurbantünggüt”
  • Catalan: “desert Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Catalan: “Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Catalan: “Gurbantünggüt”
  • Cebuano: “Gurbantünggüt Shamo”
  • Chinese: “古尔班通古特沙漠”
  • Chinese: “古爾班通古特沙漠”
  • Dutch: “Gurbantünggüt Desert”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا قربان تونجوت”
  • Finnish: “Gurbantunggutin aavikko”
  • French: “désert de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • French: “Désert de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • French: “Désert du Gurbantunggut”
  • French: “Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • French: “Gurbantunggut”
  • German: “Dzoosotoyn-Elisen-Wüste”
  • German: “Gu’erbantonggute Shamo”
  • German: “Gurban Tunggut”
  • German: “Gurbantünggüt Shamo”
  • German: “Gurbantünggüt-Wüste”
  • German: “Gurbantünggüt”
  • German: “Junggar-Wüste”
  • Hebrew: “מדבר גורבאמטונגוט”
  • Italian: “Deserto Gurbantünggüt”
  • Japanese: “グルバンテュンギュト砂漠”
  • Kazakh: “Құрбан Тұңғыт шөлі”
  • Kazakh: “Құрбантұңғыт шөлі”
  • Lithuanian: “Gurbantiungiutas”
  • Persian: “بیابان قربان‌تونغوت”
  • Polish: “Gurbantunggut”
  • Polish: “Gurbantünggüt”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto de Dzoosoton Elisen”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Romanian: “Deșertul Gurbantunggut”
  • Romanian: “Deșertul Gurbantünggüt”
  • Russian: “Гурбантюнгют”
  • Russian: “Дзосотын-Элисун”
  • Russian: “Курбан-Тунгут”
  • Russian: “Курбантонгут”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Serbian: “Gurbantungut”
  • Serbian: “Гурбантунгут”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Gurbantunggut”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Gurbantünggüt”
  • Spanish: “Desierto Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Swedish: “Gurbantünggüt Shamo”
  • Turkish: “Kurbantongut Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Дзосотин-Елісун”
  • Uzbek: “Gurbantunggut choʻli”

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