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Two Hump Camel

Two Hump Camel

Camels are divided into 5 types. Camels in Mongolia are of the two-humped Bactrian variety. They have traditionally been important for transport (they are used for moving gers) and status, but have been steadily reducing in numbers, perhaps because of the introduction of mechanized transport. Bactrian camels also live in the wild in Mongolia, but [...]

December 25th, 2008 | Posted in Gobi Desert | Read More »

Mongolian Gobi

Mongolian Gobi

One of the world’s great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour. Gobi [...]

December 15th, 2008 | Posted in Gobi Desert | Read More »