The video titled ‘Country Desert” showcases the everyday life of Mongols and how they manage to

survive in the Gobi Desert, Asia’s largest desert and second only to Arabian deserts. The few trees and
shrubs are widely scattered across the continent, and in one instance, the narrator of the video even
stated that one can scan the horizon without seeing a single tree in sight. Although true in some cases,
there are some hardy flora species that survive in the harsh environment of the subject desert, of which
only one species is a tree, called the Saxaul tree. This is due largely to the geography of the desert and
the regions surrounding it. Gobi Desert is considered a rain-shadow desert due to the Himalayan Range
preventing the entry of the water-carrying clouds in the region (New World Encyclopedia. 2017). Water
precipitation is only about 194 millimeters per year and is brought about only by the snow carried by the
harsh winds from Siberia, limiting the number of flora species to grow and thrive (Perry. n.d.). The only
abundant flora species are hardy grass and bushes and the Saxaul trees.

What it lacks in the variety of flora species, the Gobi Desert compensates in the variety of fauna species
thriving in its almost barren landscape. There are

Adaptation, whole communities and even cities move new locations. Mongolian Communities living in
the Gobi dessert have a nomadic lifestyle. This is due to the limited availability of fodder for herd animal