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goby
goby common name for a member of the family Gobiidae, small marine fishes familiar in shallow waters, especially along southern shores. Gobies may be either scaled or scaleless; all species have the ventral fins modified into a sucking disk, as in the clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. The naked... Read more
Gobi
Gobi , Mandarin Yintai shamo, great stony desert of N central Asia, c.500,000 sq mi (1,295,000 sq km), extending c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) from east to west across SE Mongolia and N China from the Da Hinggan (Great Khingan) Mts. to the Tian Shan; one of the world's largest deserts. The Gobi, located o... Read more
Velociraptor
Velociraptor [Gr.,=swift robber], swift bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period. It was relatively small, being approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) long. It was similar to Deinonychus in appearance and, like that dinosaur, had a lethal sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each thre... Read more
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband 1863-1942, British explorer, b. India. He explored Manchuria in 1886. The following year he journeyed from China to India, crossing the Gobi desert and the Mustagh Pass (alt. c.19,000 ft/5,791 m) of the Karakorum range. Lord Curzon , the British viceroy in India, se... Read more
atmospheric dust
atmospheric dust minute particles slowly settling or suspended by slight currents and existing in varying amounts in all air. There is least dust at high levels over the ocean and most at low levels over cities; dust from smoke is a serious urban problem (see air pollution ). Sources of atmospheri... Read more
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews 1884-1960, American naturalist and explorer, b. Beloit, Wis., B.A. Beloit College, 1906, M.A. Columbia Univ., 1913. Associated with the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, from 1906, he was its director from 1935 to 1942. Between 1908 and 1914 he made several trip... Read more
Altai
Altai or Altay , geologically complex mountain system of central Asia; largely in the Altai Republic, Russia, and in Kazakhstan, but extending into W Mongolia (where it is called the Mongolian, or Gobi, Altai), and into N China. In the northeast the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Salair Ridge adjoin th... Read more
Mongolia
Mongolia mŏn-gō´lēe, mŏng- , Asian region (c.906,000 sq mi/2,346,540 sq km), bordered roughly by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the west; the Manchurian provinces of China on the east; Siberia on the north; and the Great Wall of China on the south. It now co... Read more
desert
desert arid region, usually partly covered by sand, having scanty vegetation or sometimes almost none, and capable of supporting only a limited and specially adapted animal population. The so-called cold deserts, caused by extreme cold and often covered with perpetual snow or ice, are quite distinc... Read more
Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Mandarin Nei Monggol zizhiqu, autonomous region (1994 est. pop. 22,170,000), c.455,000 sq mi (1,178,755 sq km), NE China. It is bounded on the north by the Republic of Mongolia and on the northeast by Russia. The capital is Hohhot (Huhehot). Land and Peop... Read more

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Gobi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Gobi , Mandarin Yintai shamo, great stony desert...one of the world's largest deserts. The Gobi, located on a plateau from 3,000 to 5...entirely sandy. The Kerulen River is the Gobi's largest permanent stream; intermittent...
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...through Urga (Ulan Bator), crossed the Gobi Desert, and reached Kalgan, 100 miles...reached the upper Hwang Ho, and crossed the Gobi Desert to Kyakhta (51 ° N, 47...Starting from Urga, he crossed the Gobi Desert to Koko Nor and the Tsaidam region...
Roy Chapman Andrews
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...gained world fame because of his dramatic expeditions into the Gobi Desert, which led to the discovery of rich fossil fields, new...life was really more dangerous in American cities than in the Gobi Desert. He died in Carmel, Calif., on March 11, 1960. Further...
Mongolia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...heavier in the north, and nearly nonexistent in the southern Gobi Desert. Mongolia's annual average rainfall is a low 20 to...sprinkled with pastures, forests, and rivers); and the Gobi Desert (hilly in the west with salt lakes and marshes in flat...
atmospheric dust
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Sahara and neighboring W Africa and in the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts and neighboring NE Asia; Beijing is annually affected...Caribbean, where it can affect air quality, and dust from the Gobi Desert in Asia has been carried as far east as Minnesota. Such...
Desert
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...single day. Decades can go by without rain. By contrast, the Gobi Desert, covering 500,000 square miles (1,295,000 square...altitude than the Sahara. As a result, temperatures in the Gobi remain below freezing most of the year. Words to Know Arid land...
China
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...lies on the Nepal- Tibet border. Other ranges include the Tian Shan and Kunlun Shan. China also has deserts, such as the Gobi on the Mongolian border. Climate The capital, Beijing , in ne China, has cold winters and warm summers, with moderate rainfall...
desert
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...w coastal regions where offshore currents make the land exceptionally dry. There are also deserts in the middle of the largest continents where no onshore winds can reach to bring rain, such as the Gobi and Mojave deserts. See also tundra
Osborn, Henry Fairfield
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...the Museum he was responsible for training research staff and, with R. C. Andrews, for palaeontological expeditions to the Gobi desert of Mongolia that were not only spectacularly successful scientifically but also captured popular attention worldwide...
Sven Anders Hedin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1928-1932) was a joint Swedish-Chinese-German effort. It made surveys in Mongolia, western kansu, Sinkiang, and the Gobi Desert, making extensive use of motor vehicles. His last trip (1934, aged 69) was to retrace some of the old silk-caravan...

Dictionary entries related to "Gobi"

gobi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences gobi An Asian name for desert pavement .
Gobi Desert
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Gobi Desert a barren plateau of southern Mongolia and northern China; in allusive use, a type of remote emptiness and desolation.
Wise, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Set-Up 1950 Three Secrets ; Two Flags West 1951 The House on Telegraph Hill ; The Day the Earth Stood Still 1952 Destination Gobi ; Something for the Birds 1953 The Desert Rats ; So Big 1954 Executive Suite 1955 Helen of Troy ; Tribute to a Bad Man 1956 Somebody...
Mongolia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...region of China). Physical Mainly a high, barren plateau, Mongolia has mountains and saline lakes in the north-west and the Gobi Desert in the south-east. In winter it is very cold, and rainfall is light. Even so, there are areas of steppe on which...
Granger, Walter Willis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...command of the American Museum ’ s Central Asiatic Expeditions, led by Roy Chapman Andrews. During five summers in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia he found and collected a series of faunas ranging in age from Jurassic to Pleistocene. The excitement brought...
Ivanovsky, Dmitri Iosifovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...degree of candidate of science. On the recommendation of two professors at the university — A. N. Beketov and K. Y. Gobi — he was retained at the university in order to prepare for a teaching career. In 1891 he Joined the staff of the...
Clarke, Charles G.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Skies of Montana (Newman); Kangaroo (Milestone); Stars and Stripes Forever (Marching Along) (Koster) 1953 Destination Gobi (Wise); City of Bad Men (Jones); Vesuvius Express (O. Lang—short); The Coronation Parade (Hathaway...
Widmark, Richard
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Mason); My Pal Gus (Parrish) (as Dave Jennings) 1953 Take the High Ground (Brooks) (as Sgt. Thomas Ryan); Destination Gobi (Wise) (as CPO Sam McHale); Pickup on South Street (Fuller) (as Skip McCoy) 1954 Hell or High Water (Fuller) (as...
Przhevalsky, Nikolay Mikhaylovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the upper Yangtze-T ’ ien-shui. On the return journey from Ala Shan to Urga the expedition crossed the eastern Gobi. The published results of the expedition (1875 — 1876) brought Przhevalsky an international reputation as an authority...

Thesaurus entries related to "Gobi"

desolation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus desolation • noun   1. the desolation of the Gobi Desert synonyms : bleakness, starkness, barrenness, sterility; wildness; isolation, loneliness, remoteness. See note at...

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GOBI: Gobi gives away computers to new Internet subscribers nationwide.
M2 Presswire; 4/1/1999; 700+ words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-1 April 1999-GOBI: Gobi gives away computers to new Internet subscribers nationwide (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:310399 NEW YORK -- Gobi Inc. is launching a new national consumer technology service that...
Gobi Manchurian In Gummidipoondi Once a culinary freak, the dish is now an institution in the South.
Newspaper article from: Business Today; 2/12/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...come in, and occupied the next table, place its order. "Rendu fish fry, rendu gobi manchurian ......" (Two fried fish, two gobi manchurian) Now, gobi manchurian (we will come to what exactly this exotic sounding dish is in a while...
Qualcomm's Gobi Technology Gains Market Momentum in Enabling Global Mobile Broadband for Notebooks.
PR Newswire; 4/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...Software Suppliers Continue to Drive the Gobi Global Mobile Internet Solution Community...today announced that the Company's Gobi(TM) global mobile Internet solution...announcing products and services for the growing Gobi community this week. Leading laptop vendors...
Corel and Gobi Break New Ground in High-Performance Technology and Software Rental Markets.
Business Wire; 5/3/1999; 700+ words ; ...WordPerfect(R) Suite 8 OEM to be bundled on Gobi Inc. computers Corel Corporation (Nasdaq...rentals with its new bundling agreement with Gobi Inc. The agreement will see Corel(R...WordPerfect(R) Suite 8 OEM bundled on all of Gobi's computers. The partnership will make...
ReleaseNow.com and Gobi Inc. Team Up to Offer Try-and-Buy Software To Gobi Members.
PR Newswire; 10/12/1999; 700+ words ; ...Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ReleaseNow.com and Gobi today announced an agreement whereby Gobi will feature try-and-buy versions of popular...titles -- supplied by ReleaseNow.com -- on all Gobi systems. ReleaseNow.com is a provider of outsourced...
COREL: Corel and Gobi break new ground in high- performance technology and software rental.
M2 Presswire; 4/30/1999; 700+ words ; ...PRESSWIRE-30 April 1999-COREL: Corel and Gobi break new ground in high-performance...WordPerfect Suite 8 OEM to be bundled on Gobi computers Ottawa, Canada -- Corel Corporation...rentals with its new bundling agreement with Gobi Inc. The agreement will see Corel WordPerfect...
theglobe.com to Become Gobi Inc.'s Exclusive Community Partner.
PR Newswire; 5/25/1999; 700+ words ; ...content, commerce and user interaction, and Gobi Inc., provider of high-end PCs with...today announced an agreement whereby Gobi will feature theglobe.com as its exclusive community partner. Gobi is revolutionizing the industry by providing...
Qualcomm Introduces Gobi Global Mobile Internet & GPS Solution for Notebook Computers.
PR Newswire; 10/24/2007; 700+ words ; - Available Today, Gobi Enables High-Speed Connectivity to All...technologies and data solutions, today introduced Gobi(TM) global mobile Internet, an embedded...Notebooks featuring the multi-mode Gobi solution can take advantage of the high...
Panasonic and Qualcomm Team Up to Offer Gobi On All New Toughbook Notebooks.
PR Newswire; 9/10/2008; 700+ words ; ...announced it will offer Qualcomm's new Gobi(TM) global mobile Internet solution...mobile computers featuring the multi-mode Gobi solution can take advantage of high-speed...world. In addition, two of Panasonic's Gobi-enabled, fully rugged laptops, the...
Dune Networks Announces the General Availability of the ``Gobi'' Reference System Providing up to 1.28Tbps of Full-Duplex User Bandwidth.
Business Wire; 5/6/2005; 700+ words ; ...availability of the carrier-class reference system named Gobi. The Gobi reference system is based on a modular architecture and...providing up to 80Gbps of user bandwidth. At the rear, the Gobi can be populated with up to 8 fabric cards providing...