An area comprising 415,752 hectares in Dadal, Binder, Norovlin and Bayan-Adraga soums of Khentee aimag, and Bayan-Uul sum of Dornod aimag was taken under state protection with two parts (A and in 2000 by Parliament resolution...

The area covers 11,500 hectares around the lake located in the Uyanga soum territory of Ovorkhangai aimag to the southwest of the Khangai mountain range and its surrounding area. It was placed under state special protection by PMH Resolution No. 11 (1992), and was included in the category "Cultural and Historical Sites" by Parliament Resolution No. 26 (1995).

One of the world's great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour.

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.