Ordos

[ awr-dos ]

noun

1. a desert plateau in the southern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).

Example Sentences

The nomad tribes had been pressed back and deprived of their best pasturage, namely the Ordos region.

From Project Gutenberg

Crossing the Hwang-ho, they advanced into the terrible sandy tract known as the Ordos Desert.

From Project Gutenberg