Shortly after this we came on the great sandy plain I have mentioned that forms the349 centre of the Gobi desert.
From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows|Victor Meignan
With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper
East of the Gobi Pamir barrier there has slowly grown up under these new conditions the Chinese system.
Anticipations|Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for Gobi
Gobi
/ (ˈɡəʊbɪ) /
noun
a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China: sometimes considered to include all the arid regions east of the Pamirs and north of the plateau of Tibet and the Great Wall of China: one of the largest deserts in the world. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles). Width: about 1000 km (625 miles). Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)Chinese name: Shamo