Table S1: Geographical locations of desert samples.

Desert

SID

Latitude/°

Longitude/°

Landscape

Dunes

Taklamakan

 

 

 

 

 

TK10

38.23

85.35

sand sea

mobile

TK14

37.18

82.85

sand sea

mobile

TK25

41.11

82.43

sand sea

mobile

TK30

38.61

80.97

sand sea

mobile

TK40

39.46

78.09

sand sea

mobile

TK41

39.92

78.47

sand sea

mobile

Qaidam

 

 

 

W01

37.90

91.84

sandy land

immobile

W04

36.03

97.78

sandy land

immobile

W06

36.46

94.37

sandy land

immobile

W07

37.36

95.49

sandy land

immobile

Badain Jaran

 

BJ06

42.02

101.58

sand sea

mobile

BJ09

40.93

100.63

sand sea

mobile

Mu Us

 

MS02

37.82

107.40

sandy land

immobile

MS11

38.79

106.73

sandy land

immobile

Hobq

BQ03

40.45

109.61

sand sea

mobile

Tengger

TGL24

38.94

103.36

sand sea

mobile

Mongolian gobi

 

 

MG05

44.48

110.03

gobi gravel

-

MG14

43.31

105.87

gobi gravel

-

MG25

44.62

102.38

gobi gravel

-