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.
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  • Type: Desert
  • Description: China’s second largest desert
  • Also known as: “desert de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”, “desert de Gurbantünggüt”, “Désert du Gurbantunggut”, “desert Dzoosotoyn Elisen”, “Deserto de Dzoosoton Elisen”, “Deșertul Gurbantunggut”, “Desierto de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”, “Desierto de Gurbantunggut”, “Desierto Dzoosotoyn Elisen”, “Dsosotin Eleson”, “Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert”, “Dzoosotoyn-Elisen-Wüste”, “Dzosotön Elisun Sands”, “Gu’erbantonggute Shamo”, “Gǔ’ěrbāntōnggǔtè Shāmò”, “Gurban Tunggut”, “Gurbantunggut”, “Gurbantunggut Shamo”, “Gurbantünggüt-Wüste”, “Junggar-Wüste”, “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”, “Гурбантюнгют”, “Курбан-Тунгут”, “Курбантонгут”, “Құрбан Тұңғыт шөлі”, and “古尔班通古特沙漠 قۇربانتۈڭغۈت قۇملۇقى”

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: “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”
  • German: “Gurbantünggüt”
  • Hebrew: “מדבר גורבאמטונגוט”
  • Italian: “Deserto Gurbantünggüt”
  • Japanese: “グルバンテュンギュト砂漠”
  • Kazakh: “Құрбантұңғыт шөлі”
  • Korean: “구르반튱구트 사막”
  • Lithuanian: “Gurbantiungiutas”
  • Persian: “بیابان قربان‌تونغوت”
  • Polish: “Gurbantünggüt”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto de Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Romanian: “Deșertul Gurbantünggüt”
  • Russian: “Дзосотын-Элисун”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dzoosotoyn Elisen”
  • Serbian: “Gurbantungut”
  • Serbian: “Гурбантунгут”
  • Spanish: “Desierto de Gurbantünggüt”
  • Swedish: “Gurbantünggüt Shamo”
  • Turkish: “Kurbantongut Çölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Дзосотин-Елісун”
  • Uzbek: “Gurbantunggut choʻli”

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