Ordos
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Places

  • Ordos Loop
    Ordos Loop
    The Ordos Loop is a region of China west of Beijing. The Yellow River flows north-northeast, then east, and then south forming three sides of an imperfect rectangle. The south side is formed by the Wei River which rises not far from the southwest corner and flows east to the southeast corner...

     of the Yellow River, a region of China
  • Ordos Desert
    Ordos Desert
    The Ordos Desert is a desert and steppe region lying on a plateau in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . The soil of the Ordos is a mixture of clay and sand and, as a result, is poorly suited for agriculture. It extends over an area of...

    , in Inner Mongolia
  • Ordos City
    Ordos City
    Ordos is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China. It is located within the Ordos Loop of the Yellow River. Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered as a prefecture-level city...

    , city and district in Inner Mongolia
  • Ordos International Circuit
    Ordos International Circuit
    Ordos International Circuit, built in 2010, is a motorsport facility located in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. It hosted a round of the China Touring Car Championship, Scirocco Cup China and Superleague Formula in 2010...

    , a race track in Ordos City.

People

  • The Ordos Mongols
    Ordos Mongols
    The Ordos are a Mongol subgroup that live in Uushin district, Inner Mongolia. Ordos literally means plural of Ordo....

    , a Mongol tribe that inhabits the Ordos region since the 15th century
  • Ordos culture
    Ordos culture
    The Ordos culture comprises the period from Upper Paleolithic to the late Bronze age at the Ordos Desert, in the south of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China...

    , prehistorical culture

Fiction

  • House Ordos
    House Ordos
    House Ordos is a mercantile House in the Dune universe as presented in the Westwood Studios Dune video games produced from 1992 to 2001. The House is listed in the non-canon Dune Encyclopedia by Willis E...

    , a fictional organisation appearing in Dune spin-offs
  • The internal groups of the Inquisition (Warhammer 40,000)
    Inquisition (Warhammer 40,000)
    The Inquisition is an organisation in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. They act as the secret police of the Imperium, hunting down any and all threats to the stability of the God-Emperor's realm. In fiction relating to the games, Inquisitors are usually represented by extremely powerful,...

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