MONGOLIAN GEOGRAPHY
 
The Land

Mongolia is one of the few countries in the temperate belt of the Northern Hemisphere with vast territory, perfect ecosystem and virgin land. Mongolia is ranked as the seventh largest country in Asia for its territory, which covers an area of 603,899 square miles (1,564,100 sq.km.), larger than the overall combined territory of Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. Mongolia is the largest land-locked counrty. Mongolia lies between 87° 44'E and 119° 56'E Longitude and between 41° 35'-44'N and 52° 09'N Latitude in the North of Central Asia. Mongolia is bordered with Russia to the North, China to the East, South and West. Its total borderline is 5,072 miles (8,162 km.) long, 2,166 miles (3,485 km.) of which is with Russia and 2,906 miles (4,677 km.) is with China. The territory of Mongolia extends 1,486 miles (2,392 km.) fromo the Mongol Altai Mountains in the West to the East and 782 miles (1,259 km.) from the Soyon mountain ranges in the North to the Gobi desert in the South. The nearest body of ocean connected water to Mongolia is the Yellow Sea, 435 miles (700 km.) away in the East.
 
Geographical Features

Climate

Flora and Fauna
 
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