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Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserto_di_Ordos" title="Deserto di Ordos – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Deserto di Ordos" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A1" title="רמת אורדוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רמת אורדוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D" title="ორდოსის უდაბნო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg/220px-Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg/330px-Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg/440px-Nomad_Theater_Xiangshawan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Xiangshawan (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">响沙湾</span></span>), a desert tourist attraction in Ordos Desert</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_(China).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_%28China%29.svg/220px-Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_%28China%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_%28China%29.svg/330px-Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_%28China%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_%28China%29.svg/440px-Location_of_Ordos_Prefecture_within_Inner_Mongolia_%28China%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="433" /></a><figcaption>The region of Ordos</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Ordos Desert</b> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>&#58; <span lang="zh-Hans"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄂">鄂</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%94" class="extiw" title="wikt:尔">尔</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%9A" class="extiw" title="wikt:多">多</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%AF" class="extiw" title="wikt:斯">斯</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B2%99" class="extiw" title="wikt:沙">沙</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A0" class="extiw" title="wikt:漠">漠</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>&#58; <span lang="zh-Hant">鄂爾多斯沙漠</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>&#58; <i><span lang="zh-Latn">È'ěrduōsī Shāmò</span></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a>/<a href="/wiki/Steppe" title="Steppe">steppe</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Northwest_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest China">Northwest China</a>, administered under the <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_China" title="Prefectures of China">prefecture</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ordos_City" title="Ordos City">Ordos City</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolian_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region">Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region</a> (centered ca. <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ordos_Desert&amp;params=39_N_109_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°N</span> <span class="longitude">109°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;</span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39°N 109°E</span><span style="display:none">&#xfeff; / <span class="geo">39; 109</span></span></span></a></span></span>). It extends over an area of approximately 90,650&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (35,000&#160;sq&#160;mi), and comprises two sub-deserts: China's 7th-largest desert, the <a href="/wiki/Kubuqi_Desert" title="Kubuqi Desert">Kubuqi Desert</a>, in the north; and China's 8th-largest desert, the <a href="/wiki/Mu_Us_Desert" title="Mu Us Desert">Mu Us Desert</a>, in the south. Wedged between the arable <a href="/wiki/Hetao" title="Hetao">Hetao</a> region to the north and the <a href="/wiki/Loess_Plateau" title="Loess Plateau">Loess Plateau</a> to the south, the <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a> of the Ordos Desert is mostly a mixture of dry <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a>, and as a result is poorly suited for <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ordos Desert is almost completely encircled in the west, north and east by a great rectangular bend of the middle <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Ordos_Loop" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordos Loop">Ordos Loop</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range">Mountain ranges</a> separate the Ordos from the <a href="/wiki/Gobi_Desert" title="Gobi Desert">Gobi Desert</a> north and east of the Yellow River. The northern border serves as the southern border of the <a href="/wiki/Mu_Us_Desert" title="Mu Us Desert">Mu Us Desert</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2015)">clarification needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> The mountain chains separating the Ordos from the central Gobi in the north of the great bend of the Yellow River are: the Kara-naryn-ula, the Sheitenula, and the <a href="/wiki/Yin_Mountains" title="Yin Mountains">Yin Mountains</a>, which link on to the south end of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khingan" title="Greater Khingan">Greater Khingan Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the south and east, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China" title="Great Wall of China">Great Wall of China</a> separates the Ordos from fertile <a href="/wiki/Loess" title="Loess">loess</a> lands. The Ordos covers the southern section of <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entities_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entities of China">Autonomous Region of China</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entities_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entities of China">Autonomous Entity of China</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of China">Chinese Provinces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relief">Relief</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Relief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ordos Desert forms an intermediate step in the descent from the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> to the lowlands of eastern <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. Towards the south it rises to an altitude of over 1,500 m, and in the west, along the right bank of the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>, the Arbus or Arbiso Mountains, which overlie the steppe by some 900 m, serve to link the <a href="/wiki/Helan_Mountains" title="Helan Mountains">Helan Mountains</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Yin_Mountains" title="Yin Mountains">Yin Mountains</a>. The northern part of the great bend of the Yellow River is filled with the sands of Kuzupchi River, a succession of <a href="/wiki/Dune" title="Dune">dunes</a>, 12–15 m high. In some places these sand dunes approach close to the Yellow River; in others they are parted from it by a belt of sand, intermingled with clay, which terminates in a steep <a href="/wiki/Escarpment" title="Escarpment">escarpment</a>, 15 m and in some localities 30 m above the river.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eventually the sand dunes cross over to the left bank of the Yellow River where they are threaded by the beds of dry watercourses. The Yin Mountains, which stretch from 108<a href="/wiki/Degree_(angle)" title="Degree (angle)">°</a> to 112° E in the north of the great bend of the Yellow River, have a wild alpine character and are distinguished from other mountains in the southeast of Mongolia by an abundance of both water and vegetation. In one of their constituent ranges, the bold Muni-uul, 113&#160;km (70&#160;mi) long and nearly 32&#160;km (20&#160;mi) wide, they attain elevations of 2,200 to 2,600&#160;m (7,200 to 8,500&#160;ft), and have steep flanks, slashed with rugged <a href="/wiki/Canyon" title="Canyon">gorges</a> and narrow <a href="/wiki/Glen" title="Glen">glens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The desert receives less than 250&#160;mm of precipitation annually, and most of this is in the form of summer <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorm" title="Thunderstorm">thunderstorms</a>. The region has many <a href="/wiki/Salt_lake_(geography)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt lake (geography)">salt lakes</a> and intermittent <a href="/wiki/Stream" title="Stream">streams</a>. Winters are bitter cold, with cold winds blowing into the region from the north and west, and January temperatures ranging from −13 to −10&#160;°C (9 to 14&#160;°F). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fauna_and_flora">Fauna and flora</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Fauna and flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vegetation of the Ordos region is made up of <a href="/wiki/Montane_grasslands_and_shrublands" title="Montane grasslands and shrublands">montane grasslands and shrublands</a>. Among the sand dunes in the north, shrubs including <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hedysarum_scoparium&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hedysarum scoparium (page does not exist)">Hedysarum scoparium</a></i> and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Calligonum_arborescens&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Calligonum arborescens (page does not exist)">Calligonum arborescens</a></i> grow in scattered patches. Native grasses and herbs include <i><a href="/wiki/Bromus_inermis" title="Bromus inermis">Bromus inermis</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agropyron_mongolicum&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Agropyron mongolicum (page does not exist)">Agropyron mongolicum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agropyron_cristatum" title="Agropyron cristatum">A. cristatum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Festuca_arundinacea" class="mw-redirect" title="Festuca arundinacea">Festuca arundinacea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elymus_dahuricus" class="mw-redirect" title="Elymus dahuricus">Elymus dahuricus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melilotus_albus" title="Melilotus albus">Melilotus albus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melilotus_officinalis" title="Melilotus officinalis">M. officinalis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lotus_corniculatus" title="Lotus corniculatus">Lotus corniculatus</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pugionium_cornutum&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Pugionium cornutum (page does not exist)">Pugionium cornutum</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Astragalus_adsurgens&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Astragalus adsurgens (page does not exist)">Astragalus adsurgens</a>,</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Filifolium_sibiricum" class="mw-redirect" title="Filifolium sibiricum">Filifolium sibiricum</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The belt of sand and clay which separates the sand dunes from the Huang He in places is studded with little mounds (up to 1.2 m high), mostly overgrown with wormwood <i>(<a href="/wiki/Artemisia_campestris" title="Artemisia campestris">Artemisia campestris</a>)</i> and the Siberian pea-tree <i>(<a href="/wiki/Caragana" title="Caragana">Caragana</a> spp.)</i>; and here too grows one of the most characteristic plants of Ordos, the liquorice root <i>(<a href="/wiki/Glycyrrhiza_uralensis" title="Glycyrrhiza uralensis">Glycyrrhiza uralensis</a>)</i>. On the left bank of the Huang He, level spaces amongst the dry river beds are studded with little mounds (9&#160;cm to 1.8 m high), on which grow stunted <i><a href="/wiki/Nitraria_schoberi" title="Nitraria schoberi">Nitraria schoberi</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Zygophyllum" title="Zygophyllum">Zygophyllum</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167–168_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167–168-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Towards the south, sparse scrub vegetation is found. Forest thickets thrive along the river margins. </p><p>In the Yin Mountains, forests begin at altitudes of 1,600 m and wild flowers grow in great profusion and variety in summer, though with a striking lack of color. In this same border range there is also a much greater abundance and variety of animal life, especially among the <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rare bird species also breed in the saline lakes of the Ordos, among them <a href="/wiki/Relict_gull" title="Relict gull">relict gulls</a> (<i>Larus relictus</i>) breeding at <a href="/wiki/Yulin,_Shaanxi#Lake_Hongjiannao" title="Yulin, Shaanxi">Lake Hongjiannao</a>; for this species the Ordos is home to the world's largest breeding colony.<sup id="cite_ref-IUCN_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IUCN-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The present status of large mammals in the region is largely unclear. In the past, it was inhabited by wild two-humped <a href="/wiki/Bactrian_camel" title="Bactrian camel">Bactrian camels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snow_leopard" title="Snow leopard">snow leopards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Przewalski%27s_gazelle" title="Przewalski&#39;s gazelle">Przewalski's gazelles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Przewalski%27s_horse" title="Przewalski&#39;s horse">Przewalski's horses</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ordos_culture" title="Ordos culture">Ordos culture</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG/220px-BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG/330px-BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG/440px-BronzeManOrdos3-1stCenturyBCE.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2007" data-file-height="2785" /></a><figcaption>Bronze statuette of a man, Ordos, 3rd–1st century BCE. <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Chinese names of the Ordos region were He-tau and – later – He-nan<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> ("the country south of the river"). It was occupied by horse nomads for many centuries, and these were very often at war with China. In the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, it was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Xiongnu" title="Xiongnu">Xiongnu</a>. It was almost depopulated during and after the <a href="/wiki/Dungan_revolt_(1862%E2%80%931877)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungan revolt (1862–1877)">Dungan revolt</a> of 1869.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>This region was a desert during the <a href="/wiki/Late_Glacial_Maximum" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Glacial Maximum">Late Glacial Maximum</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Holocene_Climatic_Optimum" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocene Climatic Optimum">Holocene Climatic Optimum</a> the <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoonal</a> rains that reached the <a href="/wiki/Loess_Plateau" title="Loess Plateau">Loess Plateau</a> in the modern era pushed the desert back to the Yellow River. Since then, <a href="/wiki/Overgrazing" title="Overgrazing">overgrazing</a> at various periods and in the modern period, the lack of rainfall, has resulted in a return to desert conditions. However, the most disastrous damage to the environment was caused by the political movements launched by <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a>, namely the <a href="/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward" title="Great Leap Forward">Great Leap Forward</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, during which the thin line of fragile vegetation separating the Kubuqi and Maowusu deserts was destroyed. Subsequent pressure of population and the increase in sheep/goats/cattle further damaged the already weakened local environment to the point of no return, and as a result, the two deserts finally linked up in the 1990s, forming the larger current-day Ordos.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Alkaline" class="mw-redirect" title="Alkaline">alkaline</a> soil allows for some <a href="/wiki/Nomad" title="Nomad">nomadic</a> <a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongol</a> herders to raise <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goats</a>. Heavy grazing by goats has done damage to the grasslands in the region and led to <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">desertification</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Oasis" title="Oasis">oasis</a> in the region support small-scale <a href="/wiki/Farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Farming">farming</a>. 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World Wildlife Fund.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Terrestrial+Ecoregions&amp;rft.atitle=Ordos+Plateau+steppe&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwildlife.org%2Fecoregions%2Fpa1013&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdos+Desert" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dopa-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dopa_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Ordos Plateau steppe". Dopa Explorer. Accessed 4 March 2021. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://dopa-explorer.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ecoregion/81013">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911168_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBealby1911">Bealby 1911</a>, p.&#160;168.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBealby1911">Bealby 1911</a>, p.&#160;167.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kang Mu-Yi <i>et al.</i> (2003). "Ecological Regionalization of Suitable Trees, Shrubs and Herbages for Vegetation Restoration in the Farming-Pastoral Zone of Northern China". <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acta_Botanica_Sinica&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Acta Botanica Sinica (page does not exist)">Acta Botanica Sinica</a></i> 2003, 45 (10): 1157-1165.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167–168-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBealby1911167–168_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBealby1911">Bealby 1911</a>, pp.&#160;167–168.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IUCN-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-IUCN_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirdLife_International2017" class="citation journal cs1">BirdLife International (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22694447/119398496">"<i>Larus relictus</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2017</b>: e.T22694447A119398496. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22694447A119398496.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22694447A119398496.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&amp;rft.atitle=Larus+relictus&amp;rft.volume=2017&amp;rft.pages=e.T22694447A119398496&amp;rft.date=2017&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22694447A119398496.en&amp;rft.au=BirdLife+International&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F22694447%2F119398496&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdos+Desert" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sun Jimin, Ding Zhongli, Liu Tungsheng. "Desert distributions during the glacial maximum and climatic optimum: Example of China". Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences</li></ul> <p><b>Attribution:</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span>&#160;</span>This article&#160;incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>:&#160;<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBealby1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Bealby, John Thomas (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Gobi" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Gobi">Gobi</a>". In <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol.&#160;12 (11th&#160;ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.&#160;165–169.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Gobi&amp;rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&amp;rft.pages=165-169&amp;rft.edition=11th&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1911&amp;rft.aulast=Bealby&amp;rft.aufirst=John+Thomas&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdos+Desert" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordos_Desert&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100308064632/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1013.html">"Ordos Plateau steppe"</a>. <i>WildWorld Ecoregion Profile</i>. National Geographic Society. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1013.html">the original</a> on 2010-03-08.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=WildWorld+Ecoregion+Profile&amp;rft.atitle=Ordos+Plateau+steppe&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fwildworld%2Fprofiles%2Fterrestrial%2Fpa%2Fpa1013.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdos+Desert" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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