| 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. |
