Mongol Els Sand Dunes (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Mongol Els Sand Dunes

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The sand dunes of Mongol Els jutting out of the steppe in Mongolia. Many of these desert barriers only appeared after the Last Glacial Maximum (~20,000 years ago).

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Nils Vanwezer

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