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Mongolia Geography PDF Print E-mail
ImageMongolia is a huge, landlocked country in-between China and Russia, it covers an entire area of 1.566.500 km. It takes the 15th place with its size in the world. Mongolia stretches 2.400 km from the west to the east and about 1.260 km from the north to the south. The total length of the country's border is 8.156 km.
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Mongolian Nature PDF Print E-mail
ImageProtecting precious landscapes and historical monuments has enormous importance because they contribute to the ecological balance of Mongolia, support important ecological processes and provide a homeland for numerous threatened and endangered animal and plant species that represent different ecosystems. It also helps us to preserve our rich natural and cultural heritages and unspoiled habitat for the next generations.
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Mongolia Weather PDF Print E-mail
ImageFor two or three months in summer, the weather is warm and pleasant and relatively hot in the southern Gobi region, where mid summer temperatures peak at around 40 degrees and there is little shade available.
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Mongolian Climate PDF Print E-mail

ImageProbably the first thing you were told about Mongolia was that it is very cold. This is true but rather than try to anticipate the various weather patterns of the country, it is better to prepare for the worst-case scenario, which is -40 degrees Celsius (-40º C) with a wind chill factor of -55 degrees Celsius.

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Ancient Ruin PDF Print E-mail

ImageThe hilly area between Ikh and Baga Gun and Ayagan Lakes, in the territory of Tuv Province. In 1925, B.Ya.Vladimirtsov, a Russian archeologist and scholar, and Baraadyn Bazar, a buriatian scholar, made archeological reconnaissance trip around the Minor Khentii or Terelj of Khentii and Great and Small Gun lake area and discovered two hills, remainder of an ancient city or town.

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Flora PDF Print E-mail

Image 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.

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Steppe PDF Print E-mail

Image Most parts of the Mongolian territory is occupied with vast steppe. So Mongols are named as Mongol of steppe. There are limitless steppes, vast pastures such as Eastern Mongolia`s steppes, Mongolian Dornod, Dayin Tavgiin, Guulingging, Arvain steppes and innumerable ravines and gorges.

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Rivers PDF Print E-mail

Image The rivers of Mongolia belong to the inland catchment basins of the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and Central Asia Inland Basin. The higher and middle Selenge, the biggest river in the country and part of the Yenissei river belongs to the Arctic Ocean drainage basin.

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Natural Reserve PDF Print E-mail

Sharga Mankhan consists of two parts; one is located in Buyant and Mankhan soums of Khovd aimag, and the other one is located in Tonkhil, Darvi, Togrog and Khaliun soums of Gobi-Altai aimag. The distance between these two parts is about 200 km.

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Territory PDF Print E-mail

Mongolia is a landlocked country in northern continental Asia bordering with the Russian Federation on the north and the People’s Republic of China on the east.  It has a land area of 1.6 million square kilometers, making it the fifth largest country in Asia and the seventeenth in the world.

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Experts say copper prices to remain high for next two years

Market observers believe Mongolian copper prices will remain high for at least the next two years. One of the main reasons given for the continuing high prices are delays to planned mining projects caused by increasing percentages of revenues being funneled off by governments in Mongolia and Africa.