The Kumtagh Desert of China has received considerable field investigation and study in the last few years. An attempt is made in the present paper to provide an aeolian geomorphological regionalization as a preliminary summarization of the research in aeolian geomorphology of the Kumtagh Desert. With the theoretical guidance of regional differentiation regularity in geomorphology, the principles followed include genetic similarity, multi-order division, and a combination of comprehensive analysis and dominant factors, and a two-order regionalization system is presented by means of top-down division order and selecting leading factors. The regions of the first order (geomorphological regions) are divided in terms of causes of the underlying landforms, and the regions of the second order (geomorphological sub-regions) are divided in terms of the aeolian morphology of landforms. The present scheme divides the aeolian geomorphology of the Kumtagh Desert into seven regions and 23 sub-regions. The characteristics of each region and sub-regions are described briefly.

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