Key Facts About Mongolia

About Key Facts About Mongolia

• Location: Mongolia is a landlocked country located in East Asia.
• Bordering nations: It is bordered by two nations: China to the south and Russia to the north.
  • However, it is only 37 km from Kazakhstan, but does not share a border with it.
• Area: It has an area of 1,564,116 sq. km. 
• Capital: Its capital, Ulaanbaatar, is in the north-central part of the country.
• Climate: It has a continental climate, with long cold winters and short cool-to-hot summers.
• Terrain: It features vast areas of upland steppes, semideserts, and deserts.
• Desert: The Gobi Desert lies across southern Mongolia and northwestern China.
  • It is the largest desert in Asia and the fifth largest in the world.
• Mountains: There are three major mountain chains in Mongolia –
  • The Mongolian Altai Mountains
  • The Khangai Mountains
  • The Khentii Mountains
• Highest point: The highest point of Mongolia is Nayramadlin Orgil at 14,350 ft. (4,374 m), found in the rugged Atlay Mountains of the west.
• Rivers:  The Orkhon River is the longest river in Mongolia.
  • Kherlen River and Tuul River are other important rivers in Mongolia.
• Lakes: Hovsgol Nuur, one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, is located on its border with the Russia.
  • • Hovsgol Nuur is also the second-most voluminous in Asia and contains nearly 70% of Mongolia’s freshwater.
• Mongolia experiences frequent earthquakes in its western and northern regions, though its volcanoes are regarded as extinct.