Photos of Maowusu Desert

The Maowusu Desert is located between Yulin City, Shaanxi Province and Ordos (Ikezhao League), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, covering an area of 42,200 square kilometers. The Great Wall runs through the southern edge of the desert from east to west. According to research, in ancient times, this area was a good pasture with fertile water plants and pleasant scenery. Later, due to climate change and war, the ground vegetation was completely lost, and sand was formed on the spot, forming the later desert (sand). There was a story of "Three Relocations to Yulin". Today is not what it used to be, and now Yulin has become a "famous city". There has been sand accumulation since the Tang Dynasty, and a vast desert has been formed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. One of the big sand areas in China. It is located at 37°27.5′～39°22.5′ north latitude and 107°20′～111°30′ east longitude. It includes southern Ordos in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern sandy area in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, and northeastern Yanchi County in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with a total area of 39,800 square kilometers. The place name originated from Maowusu Village, Haizetan Township, Jingbian County, northern Shaanxi. The continuous sand belt from Mengjiashawo in Dingbian to Gaojiagou Township in Jingbian is called the small Mu Us sand belt, which is the range of Mu Us at the beginning. Since the sandy land along the Great Wall in northern Shaanxi is continuously distributed with the sandy land in the south of Ordos (Ikezhao League) in Inner Mongolia, the sandy land in the southeastern Ordos Plateau and along the Great Wall in northern Shaanxi is collectively referred to as "Mu Us Sand Land".