Question

Which of the following countries contains the largest desert in Asia?

A. China and Mongolia
B. South and North Korean
C. Japan and Taiwan
D. China and Hong Kong

Answer 1

A. China and Mongolia, which  is where the Gobi Desert is located.

Answer 2

China and Mongolia contains the largest desert in Asia. Option A is correct. The Largest desert in Asia in the Gobi Desert. This desert covers 500,000 square miles. Spanning from northern China into Mongolia, the Gobi Desert receives an average of 7 inches of rainfall each year due to the fact that the Himalaya mountains block rain clouds from reaching the region.

Nowadays, the Gobi continues to grow every year, as winds carry desert sand into nearby areas and erodes the surrounding top soil.