Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2024
7 299 km²
Commune · CHN
China
Species observed
870
Observations
2 546
Area
75 093,7km²
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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870 distinct species · 2 546 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
8,8°C
Annual rain
99mm
Warmest m°
30,6°C
Coldest m°
-14,6°C
Elevation: 1 363 m on average (min 838 m, max 3 293 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
8,2
Org. C
7,7g/kg
Clay
22,4%
Sand
38,2%
Silt
39,4%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: smGLiMaggregated to Alxa
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Lake surface here
19,44km²
Basins crossed
102
Max drainage
54 610km²
Discharge in basins
20,1m³/s
Mean precip.
84mm/an
Mean T°
7,6°C
Moisture idx
-0,92
Max snow
10%
Mean runoff
2mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 357m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
0,6%
Pesticides
2,2kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2024
7 299 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN