Badain Jaran Desert

Gansu · China

Badain Jaran Desert, China
Photo: Sjoerd van Oort, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October
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Home to some of the tallest stationary dunes on Earth, some rising over 400 meters. Dozens of small permanent lakes nestle between the megadunes, a phenomenon that has long puzzled hydrologists.

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