Question

Which climate is found on the edge of the Gobi Desert?

Answer 1

The Gobi Desert (/ˈɡoʊ.bi/) is a large desert region in Asia.[1] It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Taklamakan Desert to the west, by the Hexi Corridor and Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to the southeast. The Gobi is notable in history as part of the great Mongol Empire, and as the location of several important cities along the Silk Road.

The Gobi is a rain shadow desert, formed by the Tibetan Plateau blocking precipitation from the Indian Ocean reaching the Gobi territory.

Answer 2

The climate at the edges of the Gobi Desert is as dry as in the rest of the desert, but with a higher incidence of monsoons from the Himalayas.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Gobi climate is hot and dry in summer, and cold in winter, spring and fall. It is a typical "cold desert" of temperate zones. The average monthly temperature goes from -15 to -6 ° C in winter, and 22 to 26 ° C in summer. Temperature fluctuations are large even in a short period of time; within a day the temperature may rise or fall by 35 degrees.

The Himalayan mountain range prevents southern rainfall entering the Gobi. Even the rains from the Pacific and the northern taiga do not reach the Gobi. On the Gobi, the average annual rainfall is 194 mm, mainly in summer.

The eastern part of the Gobi is slightly wetter than the western part, as in the west it rains 69 mm, while in the east it reaches 200 mm, as the southeast monsoon extends to the southeastern part of the Gobi.