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In China, the areas of dryland and susceptible dryland (hyperarid area excluded) are 357.05 and 331.70 million ha, respectively (CCICCD, 1997;), and 263.62 million ha had suffered or were suffering from desertification, covering 12 main deserts and sandlands (Taklimakan Desert, Gurban Tonggut Desert, Kumtag Desert, the Deserts in Qaidam Basin, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Ulan Buh Desert, Qubqi Desert, Mu Us Sandland, Otindag Sandland, Horqin Sandland, and Hulun Buir Sandland.) (Zhu, 2006), in which majority is related to sand-covered land. In this chapter, we focus on the introduction of sandy deserts, Gobi, sandlands and sandified land in drylands.
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Yang, X., Zhou, H., Li, S., Zhang, K. (2010). Sandy Deserts, Gobi, Sandlands and Sandified Land in Dryland. In: Desertification and Its Control in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01869-5_4
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