Geomorphological Types of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China

Desert Dynamic Type

Bare sand dunes (sand dunes), semi-fixed dunes with medium vegetation coverage, fixed dunes with large vegetation coverage

Desert Morph Type

** Sand dunes and sand hills dominated by aeolian formations

1, crescent-shaped dunes and sand dunes

2, grid-like dune chain

3, sand dunes

4, feathery sand ridge

5, dendritic sand ridge

6, honeycomb sand dunes

7, the scale of sand dunes

8, parabolic sand dunes

9, Liang Wo shape sand ridge

10, honeycomb sand dunes

11, the sand pile

12, complex dome-shaped sand dunes

13, complex chain sand dunes and sand

14, complex ridge and sand dunes

15, pyramid dunes and sand hill

Wind erosion-based residual mound

"Wind City", wind erosion residual hill, wind erosion "Ya"

Gobi, Oasis

Gobi, irrigated oasis

Note

The figure in red figures: sand dunes than high

The red arrow in the figure indicates the direction in which the dune moves

Black triangles indicate peaks and elevations (meters)

The blue dot in the figure means: Well

Figure blue tadpole-shaped dots, said: spring

The map comes from the "Geographic Atlas of China," Gurbantunggut desert geomorphological types