Meaning of Gurbantünggüt | Babel Free

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1. Alternative spelling of Gurbantünggüt: A desert that occupies a large part of the Junggar Basin in Northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
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2. A desert that occupies a large part of the Junggar Basin in Northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

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“The principal cities in the Junggar Basin are Urumqi, Shehezi, Ghulja, Karamay, Altay, and Changji, and the basin holds China's second largest desert, the Gurbantünggüt.”

“In the Gurbantünggüt desert (44° 11'–46° 20'N, 84° 31'–90° 00'E) of Xinjiang, a study of algal populations growing on the soil surface of a desert rangeland dominated by Haloxylon persicum and H. ammodendron identified 121 algal species that belong to 49 genera, 21 families, and 4 phyla or subkingdoms (Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, and Euglenophyta each including 83, 20, 11, and 7 species, respectively (Zhang et al. 2005).”

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