Gurbantunggut

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A form of Gurbantünggüt — A desert that occupies a large part of the Junggar Basin in Northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Gurbantünggüt: A desert that occupies a large part of the Junggar Basin in Northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    The basin center is occupied by a vast sandy desert, the Gurbantunggut, with an area of about 90 million mows, of which only 3% are shifting sands.

    1984, Farouk El-Baz, editor, Deserts and Arid Lands, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99
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