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Gobi Desert: Winter
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The Gobi Desert's chalky plateaus consist of bare rocks with intermittent areas of shifting sand. The climate is continental and dry, with severe winters and hot summers. Annual precipitation varies from 6.9 centimeters (2.7 inches) in the west to 20 centimeters (8 inches) in the east. The average lows in January drop to –40°C (–40°F), and the average highs in July reach 45°C (113°F).
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The Gobi desert is a cold desert, and it is not uncommon to see frost and occasionally snow on its dunes. Besides being quite far north, it is ... roughly 900 meters (2,953 ft) above sea level, which further contributes to its low temperatures. An average of approximately 194 millimeters (7.6 in) of rain falls per year in the Gobi. Additional moisture reaches parts of the Gobi in winter as snow is blown by the wind from the Siberian Steppes. These winds cause the Gobi to reach extremes of temperature like no other, ranging from –40°C in Winter to +50°C in Summer. [2]
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The Gobi desert covers 1,300,000 square kilometres of northern China and southeast Mongolia and is surrounded by mountains. Gobi is Mongolian for 'waterless place'. A lot of the Gobi desert is bare rock rather than sand. There's a huge variation in temperature across the year. In summer it can be 45°C and in winter minus 40°C. The Nomadic people of the Gobi desert are called Mongols and they live in felt yurts and ongers (types of tents).
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