The Tengger Desert or Tengri Desert ( Mongolian : Тэнгэр цөл , Chinese : 腾格里沙漠 ; pinyin : Ténggélǐ Shāmò ; lit. 'Sky Desert') is an arid natural region that covers about 36,700 km and is mostly in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China .
4-582: Tenger, mountain in Mongolia the Tengger Desert , a desert in China Tengger (singer) (born 1960), a pop singer from Inner Mongolia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tenger . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
8-669: The Badain Jaran Desert , has been apparent since the 1950s, when large volumes of water were diverted from rivers to feed agricultural expansion and huge tracts of forest were removed. Since 1958, local governments have mobilised residents for afforestation campaigns to prevent the desert's spread. By 2004, the desert's expansion was estimated as 10 metres per year in some areas. In 2007, a non-profit organisation founded by residents of Minqin County created square ditches lined with hay and grass that they later planted with saxaul to stabilise
12-466: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenger&oldid=1000405163 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tengger Desert The desert is expanding in size. The expansion of the Tengger and its neighbour,
16-496: The sand dunes. In 2010, the central and regional governments announced a five-year reforestation plan to create a 202-km green belt between the Tengger and Badain Jaran deserts. The project was estimated to receive 280 million yuan in funding and involve the relocation of 1,000 residents. 38°42′N 104°42′E / 38.700°N 104.700°E / 38.700; 104.700 This Inner Mongolia location article
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