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Mongolia – wonderful country

Mongolia – wonderful country

Mongolia – wonderful country


Mongolia is located in east-central Asia between China and Russia. It is the world’s largest landlocked nation. Its area is 1,565,000 square kilometers. It borders Russia, China, Kazakhstan.
Mongolia has two climatic zones: the continental zone in the north, and the desert in the south.
Mongolia is famous for its useful and beautiful grasslands. The steppe regions, historically occupied by nomadic herders, are covered with many varieties of grasses. 10 percent of Mongolia has forest and woodland cover. The major agricultural products are wheat, potatoes, oats, and barley.

Nayramadlïn Orgil, also called Huyten Orgil or Mount Huyten is the highest point on mainland (4,374 meters).
Hoh Nuur Depression is the lowest point (518 meters).
Uvs Lake, a saltwater lake, is the largest lake with a surface area of 3,366 square kilometers.
Amarbayasgalant Monastery

Amarbayasgalant Monastery


The Orhon is the longest river (1,126 kilometers).
The great Gobi Desert occupies one-third of Mongolia. It is the world’s largest cold-climate desert.
The population density of Mongolia is one of the lowest in world.
Ulaanbaatar is the capital of the country. It is the coldest capital in the world. Ulaanbaatar, in Mongolian, means “Red Bogatyr”. This name was given to the capital in 1924.
The ancestors of modern people settled the territory of modern Mongolia about 85 thousand years before our era.
Genghis Khan managed to create the world’s largest empire. It occupied 22% of the entire territory of our planet! For 25 years Genghis Khan managed to conquer more lands and peoples than the soldiers of the Roman Empire for 400 years.
Amarbayasgalant

Amarbayasgalant


Nobody knows where Genghis Khan was buried. In Mongolia, there is a legend according to which eight hundred soldiers killed several thousand people who attended the funeral of the greatest of the Mongol rulers. Then the soldiers committed suicide so that no one could disclose the secret.
The largest statue of a horseman in the world is near the capital. This is a monument to Genghis Khan. The monument is so large that there is an observation deck on the horse’s head. The height of the statue of the great conqueror is 40 meters, not including a ten-meter pedestal.

Mongolia – wonderful country
Arkhangai

Arkhangai

Awesome Mongolia

Awesome Mongolia

Beautiful steppe

Beautiful steppe

Bogd Khan National Park

Bogd Khan National Park

Buddha International Park is located at the foot of the Zaisan hill

Buddha International Park is located at the foot of the Zaisan hill

Burkhan Khaldun

Burkhan Khaldun

Camel monument in Mongolia

Camel monument in Mongolia

Coat of arms of Mongolia

Coat of arms of Mongolia

Dalai Eej is the largest fresh water lake in Mongolia

Dalai Eej is the largest fresh water lake in Mongolia

Erdene Zuu is the most ancient Buddhist monastery in Mongolia

Erdene Zuu is the most ancient Buddhist monastery in Mongolia

Erdene Zuu Monastery

Erdene Zuu Monastery

Flag of Mongolia

Flag of Mongolia

Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Gandan Monastery - one of the nine wonders of Mongolia

Gandan Monastery – one of the nine wonders of Mongolia

Genghis Khan - great conqueror

Genghis Khan – great conqueror

Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert

Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

Gurvansaikhan National Park

Gurvansaikhan National Park

Historical complex Mongolia of the 13th century - an open-air museum

Historical complex Mongolia of the 13th century – an open-air museum

Huge temple complex in the center of Ulaanbaatar

Huge temple complex in the center of Ulaanbaatar

Karakorum is an ancient city

Karakorum is an ancient city

Khongoryn Els

Khongoryn Els

Khustain Nuruu National Park

Khustain Nuruu National Park

Lake Khovsgol is the deepest lake of Mongolia

Lake Khovsgol is the deepest lake of Mongolia

Monument to Genghis Khan

Monument to Genghis Khan

Monument to the Beatles in Mongolia

Monument to the Beatles in Mongolia

National Museum of Mongolian History

National Museum of Mongolian History

Orkhon Khurkhree

Orkhon Khurkhree

Orkhon river valley

Orkhon river valley

Orkhon Valley

Orkhon Valley

Picturesque deep gorge

Picturesque deep gorge

The Flaming Cliffs

The Flaming Cliffs

The triumphal gates of the Bogdo Gegen Palace

The triumphal gates of the Bogdo Gegen Palace

Tuul River

Tuul River

Ulaanbaatar - capital of Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar – capital of Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar

Uvs Lake

Uvs Lake

Winter Palace Bogdo Gegen

Winter Palace Bogdo Gegen

Yolyn Am gorge

Yolyn Am gorge

Zaisan Memorial

Zaisan Memorial