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A Rosetta Stone for the Ecozoic
Pushed away from scarce watering holes by human activity, the last takhi seen in the Gobi region was in the 1960s. The 1,200 some horses alive today are descendents of 12 ...
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A Rosetta Stone for the Ecozoic
Pushed away from scarce watering holes by human activity, the last takhi seen in the Gobi region was in the 1960s. The 1,200 some horses alive today are descendents of 12 ...
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The Story of the Weeping Camel--National Geographic World Films
Mongolia's Gobi region who face a crisis when the mother camel unexpectedly rejects her ... way of life and the universal terrain of the heart. The arid Gobi region is harsh—but habitable. Terrain: Land of Steppe and Sky Climate: Blue ... Weeping Camel Land of Steppe and Sky Living Traditions The Camels Gobi, little girl, camel, and woman photographs ...
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The Story of the Weeping Camel--National Geographic World Films--Photos, Maps
Mongolian steppe. The Gobi region is harsh—yet it supports wildlife and an enduring nomadic ... Gobi region. Once part of an inland sea basin, the Gobi—that's Mongolian for "desert"—now features a mix of terrains, all quite arid. Gobi habitats include rugged semidesert grasslands and the arid Gobi Altay Mountains as well as ...
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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Gobi desert from the Temperate Asia region) are included. Deserts are classified as cold deserts ... characteristics of deserts in the Middle East and Arid Asia region. Desert (Country) Aridity Main Rainy Season Temperature of Coldest Month/ ... 46-50°N 0-50 250 200 Others Adjacent to the Region Gobi (China, Mongolia) (2) Semi-Arid/Extreme Arid Biseasonal /-40 /+ ...
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Global Warming Crisis Council
River. Moose; martens; lynx; all have dwindled or vanished from the region. Wild rice, once abundant, is scarce. The sun scorches berries before ... land gets sick and dies, then so will the people." A Region to Make Others Green With Envy · Manitoba authorities are building ... the edges of deserts -- places like sub-Saharan Africa or the Gobi Desert in China, where people are already struggling to eke ...
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2 YAK BREEDS
Gobi and semi-Gobi pastures. It is believed that herds of this strain were domesticated and transferred ... distribution and characteristics [Source: adapted and revised from Cai Li, 1985] Location (province or autonomous region) Breed Main area No. ('000) Topography Pasture type Grass type (predominant type) Altitude (m) ...
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Atkinson: The Upper and Lower Amoor
The ancient inhabitants of this region rendered it extremely productive. The numerous canals which still exist show their engineering skill, ... and the Gobi. They frequently ravaged the nations or tribes subject to their brethren of the north, and always retreated to the Kora in security. Many towering crags commanded the region, ...
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Sven Hedin in the Gobi Desert
China's jade. Then in eight ... desert littered with perished towns and buried treasure. In the eastern Gobi, every sandstorm that blows uncovers artefacts and precious jade; there ... the turn of the century (when Sven Hedin was exploring the region) it was the custom for caravaneers in trouble to unload ...
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Ovoot Tolgoi Coal Mine Mining Technology
Coal Mine, Mongolia Email Article   Print Key Data Producer of Gold Location South Gobi province, 950km south of Ulaanbaatar Ownership SouthGobi Energy Resources Geology Type Permian sediments Mineral ... proceeds from these and the earlier offerings to develop and expand Ovoot Tolgoi. GEOLOGY The region is dominated by elongate, east-west trending mountain ranges and intervening basins. The basins ...
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