2. Located in the landlocked plateau of Central Asia between China
and Russia, Mongolia covers an entire area of 1.566.500 km- it
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takes the 15th place with its size in the world Mongolia
stretches about 2.400 km form the west to the east and about
1.260 km from the north to the south.
3. The northern part of the country is covered by forest mountain
ranges and the southern part by desert, desert steppe, and steppe
areas with low mountains. High snow-capped mountains and
glaciers and the eastern part by vast plains and wild heaths
dominate the western part. The Mongolian environment has a
large variety of features. Mongolia can be divided into six zones;
desert, mountain, mountain taiga, mountain forest steppe, arid
steppe and taiga.
4. The mountain belt of the Mongol Altai, Khangai and Khentii
mountainous regions, with their perpetual snow, glaciers, traces
and signs of ancient ice covers, has been well preserved due to a
constantly cold climate and strong winds. About 81% of the
country is higher than 1000 meters above sea level and the
average elevation is 1580 meters.
5. The steppe grades into Gobi Desert, which extends throughout
southern Mongolia from the east to the west of the country. The
Gobi Desert, which extends throughout southern Mongolia from
the east to the west of the country. The Gobi is mostly gravelly,
but also contains large areas of sand dunes in the dries areas of
Gobi near the southern border. The country has numerous
saltwater and freshwater lakes.
6. Most of Mongolian 3500 lakes are located in the western and
northern parts of th country- biggest lakes like Uvs, Khovsgul,
Khyargas, Khar, Boon Tsagaan, Orog, and many more.
7. Winter-Spring-Summer-Autumn
Climate of Mongolia
The main characteristics of the climate
of Mongolia are sunny days, long
and cold winters, low precipitation
and large annual, seasonal, monthly
and diurnal fluctuations in air
temperature. The average mean
temperature recorded in January is
-34'C in the plateau and depressions,
but extreme temperatures have been
recorded between -50 and -56
degrees centigrade.
8. In the northern mountains the average mean temperature in the
warmest warmth is between +35'C and +41'C, depending on the
area.
10. Geography and climate vary greatly across the United States. The
total area of the US is over 9.6 million square kilometers, making
it either the third or fourth largest country in the world (its rank
depends on how China's size is calculated). The United States is
comprised of 48 "contiguous" or "continental" states, which
refers to the states located in a single connected region on the
continent of North America. The US has two additional states:
Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska is located in the northwestern most
part of North America, but Canada separates it from the
"contiguous" states. Hawaii is also separated; it is an archipelago
in the Pacific Ocean.
12. Altai Mountains of the west and the north to plains and
depressions in the east and the south. The Khüiten Peak in
extreme western Mongolia on the Chinese border is the highest
point (4,374 meters).
13. Great Bear Lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada (
Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the Canada-US border
are larger), the fourth largest in North America, and the
seventh largest in the world. The lake is in the
Northwest Territories and is situated on the Arctic Circle
between 65 and 67 degrees of northern latitude and between 118
and 123 degrees western longitude, 186 m (610 ft)
above sea level.
14. One of the clearest lakes in the world, Lake Hovsgol has the
nickname "Dark Blue Pearl of Mongolia". Mongolia's largest
fresh water lake is 125 km long and plunges to over 250 m. Due
to its size the water is very cold, and remains ice-covered until
well into June.
