Desert life and landforms in the Gobi desert
Jana Eichel
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Mingsha mountains (Gobi desert, China) are large scale landforms formed by aeolian processes. They display a variety of dune forms, e.g., barchanoid ridges, linear dunes, star dunes and barchans. This dunefield is the template upon which both human as well as plant life acts.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Jana Eichel (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
9.2 MB
Aspect
134:89
Width
4288 px
Height
2848 px
Brand
Pentax
Model
K-r
Exposure
43 mm f/5.6 1/1000 s ISO 200
Coordinates
40.0930, 94.7044
Tint
Light yellowish brown
Submitted
28 February 2014
Taken
21 May 2012
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