Badain Jarain Desert

The Badain Jaran Desert spreads across the Alashan Plateau in a vast expanse of sand. Among its most striking features are immense, relatively stable dunes and lakes held in the hollows between them. The tallest dune rises some 460 metres above its surroundings. Many lakes are saline and vary in colour, while wind moving loose sand gives parts of the desert their characteristic singing sound.