Kabul

Jaipur

Shihezi

Paektu

Merv Oasis

Yinchuan

Pevek

Kuala Lumpur

Hamadan

Cherchen

Ozero Taymyr

Tso Moriri

Rajasthan

Aksu

Norilsk

Qinghai Lake

Dezhou

Jamshedpur

Jabal Samhan

Multan

Jodhpur

Yabrin

Kyrgyz Lakes

Gullies of Shaanxi

These gully systems are the planet’s most extensive, and were formed naturally in the deep windblown deposits of Gobi Desert silt. Sediment washing from these drainages adds greatly to the fertile effects of yearly floods on the North China Plain. The badlands are among the major reasons that China developed agriculture as early as it… Read more »