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July 17, 2019

A flock of sheep in the Gobi Desert

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Counting sheep in the desert. Nomads of the Gobi

The Gobi Desert stretches across 500,000 square miles, covering parts of northern China and Mongolia. Due to the Gobi’s high elevation and high latitude, it’s a cold desert. And while we tend to think of deserts as endless sand dunes, most of the Gobi’s topography is exposed rock. Despite these harsh conditions, the Gobi is teeming with life – some of it human. Nearly one third of the population in the Gobi Desert leads a pastoral nomadic life. Small communities of people drive their livestock herds – like the sheep seen in our photo today – aross the landscape in search of fresh grazing territory. Both herd and herders rarely settle anywhere for long.

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