The area was established in part to protect the habitat of the white gazelle. The Eastern Mongolia Protected Area covers a representative part of the last of the great plain ecosystem. Gently rolling steppe is a characteristic of the protected area, which extends for over 200 kilometers along the Chinese border. This area is located [...]
Special Protected Area
Mongol Daguur The Mongolian Dagurian Strictly Protected Area is divided into two parts. The larger northern part (Chuluunkhoroot soum territory of Dornod aimag), contiguous to Russia’s Daurski Reserve, takes the rolling steppe and wet lands on the south shore of white-tinted Tari lake. The southern part of the protected area (Chuluunkhoroot, Gurvanzagal, and Dashbalbar sums) [...]
Amphibians and Reptiles
As part of the Eastern Mongolian biological variety project, geographiÂcal and steppe surveys were carried out in areas along the basin of the rivers Kherlen, Khalkh and Numrug. Observations made from the survey results shows that four species of amphibians were registered in Eastern Mongolia. In Mongolia 2 orders, 4 families, 4 genus of 6 [...]
Mongol Daguur
The Mongolian Dagurian Strictly Protected Area is divided into two parts. The larger northern part (Chuluunkhoroot soum territory of Dornod aimag), contiguous to Russia’s Daurski Reserve, takes the rolling steppe and wet lands on the south shore of white-tinted Tari lake. The southern part of the protected area (Chuluunkhoroot, Gurvanzagal, and Dashbalbar soums) encompasses a [...]
Khasagt Khairkhan – Mountain in Gobi-Altai aimag
This mountain is located in Sharga and Jargalant soums of Gobi-Altai aimag. People’s Great Hural (PGH) Presidium Resolution No.17 initially designated it as a strictly protected area in 1965. In 1995, it was approved as a strictly protected area by Parliament Resolution No. 26 to reclassify the status of protected areas. Khasagt Khairkhan encompasses 27,448 [...]
Khukh Serkhyn Nuruu
The Khukh Serkhyn Nuruu SPA encompasses 65,920 hectares and is a crest of the Altai Mountains in Khovd and Bayanolgy aimags (Deluun soum of Bayan-Olgy aimag and Khovd soum of Khovd aimag). The area is the main habitat for argali and ibex herds. Also, it has a special significance in providing ecological balance and in [...]
Plants and Vegetation
Mongolia is a sparsely populated country with a comparatively low developed industry. Therefore, its nature has not been severely influenced by human activities and in most parts of the country the nature is still pristine. Indigenous species of animals and plants have formed a unique assemblage. Mongolia has diverse vegetation that includes an important part [...]