Introducing Mongolia's Gobi Desert

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Introducing Mongolia's Gobi Desert

Clip from Planet Earth | Season 1 | Episode 5 | ABC1 | March 13, 2011

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David Attenborough describes the conditions that formed the Gobi Desert and some of the characteristics of the environment.

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David Attenborough describes the conditions that formed the Gobi Desert and some of the characteristics of the environment.

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