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.
Gurbantünggüt Desert, Xinjiang is China's second largest desert. Manas River east and south of Wulunguhe Formation, located in the Junggar Basin of the central area of 48,800 square kilometers. Elevation 300 ~ 600 meters. By the four components Desert, the western desert of Sobaghurbgl east Heying Nyeri Sim desert. Central to Dezuosuo Teng-desert Airy, North cloth wider North-Akekumu desert. Junggar basin is temperate arid desert.