Badain Jaran Desert in west Inner Mongolia, is the third largest desert in China. it covers an area of about 44,300 square kilometers, elevation 1400-1600m, 2,040m peak. "Badanjilin" is a transliteration of the Mongolian, "Badan" evolved from "Badai", hard to inspect that from a name of man or place. Ancient legend had a man called Badai lived there; "Jilin" meaning that there are two : one, It is from the Mongolian "philosophy for" and meaning the hell, Another said it is referring numeral 60 ---- this large desert lakes.