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List Of Extreme Points Of Mongolia
This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Mongolia. Extreme points Extreme altitude See also *Geography of Mongolia *Extreme points of Asia Notes References {{Asia in topic, Extreme points of, collapsed=yes Extreme points of Mongolia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated sovereign state. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border an Endorheic basin, inland sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and List of cities in Mongolia, largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population. The territory of modern-day Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the First Turkic Khaganate, the Second Turkic Khaganate, the Uyghur Khaganate and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest List of largest empires, contiguous land empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornod Province
Dornod (, ; ) is the easternmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. Its capital is Choibalsan. Population Halh are the ethnic majority of the Dornod aimag. The Buryat ethnic group makes up 22.8% of the total population (17,196 in 2000, census) concentrated in the north-eastern sums of Dashbalbar, Tsagaan-Ovoo, Bayan-Uul, Bayandun and aimag capital Choibalsan. There are several small ethnic groups: Barga (populates Gurvanzagal and Hölönbuir sums), Uzemchin (are present in Sergelen, Bayantümen, Bulgan, Chuluunhoroot sums and Choibalsan city), Hamnigan The Khamnigan, Hamnigan Mongols, or Tungus Evenki, are an ethnic subgroup of Mongolized Evenks. Khamnigan is the Buryat language, Buryat–Mongolian language, Mongolian term for all Ewenkis. In the early 16th century, the Evenks of Transbaikalia ... ethnic group ( Bayan-Uul and Tsagaan-Ovoo sums). History The aimag was created during the administrative reorganisation of 1941 with the name of ''Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, located between China and Russia. The terrain is one of mountains and rolling plateaus, with a high degree of relief. The total land area of Mongolia is 1,564,116 square kilometres. Overall, the land slopes from the high 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 (). The lowest point is at , is the Hoh Nuur or lake Huh. The country has an average elevation of . The landscape includes one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes ( Lake Khövsgöl), many salt lakes, marshes, sand dunes, rolling grasslands, alpine forests, and permanent mountain glaciers. Northern and western Mongolia are seismically active zones, with frequent earthquakes and many hot springs and extinct volcanoes. The nation's closest point to any ocean is approximately from the country's easternmost tip, bordering North China to J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choibalsan (sum)
Choibalsan District () is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. Sum center is 55 km North from the Dornod aimag capital Choibalsan city. Sum center has railway station Kherlengol on the Borzya (Russia) - Choibalsan city line. In 2009, its population was 2,691. Administrative divisions The district is divided into four bags A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal s ..., which are: * Enger Shand * Khukhnuur * Khulstai * Sumber Tourist attractions * Khökh Nuur * Yakhi Lake References {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khüiten Peak
Khüiten Peak ( ; ), also known in China as Friendship Peak (), is a mountain peak in the Altai Range. The international border between China and Mongolia runs across its summit point, which, at , is the highest point in the Altais and the highest in both Mongolia and Altay Prefecture in Western China. The peak is covered in snow year-round. In the past, Khüiten Peak was also officially known in Mongolia as the "Friendship Peak" (, ).See e.g. the index in ; or see the SovieTopo map M45-104 scale 1:100,000, where the name Mt. Nairamdal (г. Найрамдал) is associated with the peak whose elevation is 4374.0 m. The highest peak is also referred to as Nairamdal in Khüiten Peak is one of five peaks of the Tavan Bogd maasif. Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of it, marks the border tripoint between Russia, Mongolia, and China; the name of that peak is given in international agreements and on maps as Tavan Bogd Peak (, ; , ), or Mount Kuitun (). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukok Plateau 2
Kochkor (; ) is a large village in northern Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is the administrative centre of Kochkor District. The village was established in 1909 as Stolypino and renamed to Kochkor in 1917. Altitude 1,800 m. Its population was 11,373 in 2021. It is on the main A365 highway from Torugart Pass (China) north to Bishkek. About 7 km west A367 branches west toward Jalal-Abad Region and the Ferghana Valley. About 25 km northeast along the highway is the Orto-Tokoy reservoir and about 45 km northeast is Balykchy on Lake Issyk-Kul. The village is a base for excursions into the high country and tourist infrastructure is fairly well developed. There is a regional museum. Population Notable people *Turdakun Usubalijev Turdakun Usubaly uulu Usubaliev (6 November 1919 – 7 September 2015) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz politician who served as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia between 1961 and 1985. Biography He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the Northwest China, northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. Being the List of Chinese administrative divisions by area, largest province-level division of China by area and the List of the largest country subdivisions by area, 8th-largest country subdivision in the world, Xinjiang spans over and has about 25 million inhabitants. Xinjiang Borders of China, borders the countries of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The rugged Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun and Tian Shan mountain ranges occupy much of Xinjiang's borders, as well as its western and southern regions. The Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsengel, Bayan-Ölgii
Tsengel (, ''bright''; , ''white- Sayan'') is a sum (district) of Bayan-Ölgii Province in western Mongolia. The capital (sum center) of Tsengel is Khushoot, located in the west of the sum. The inhabitants are mainly Tuvans, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by Kazakhs. As of 2014 it had a population of 8,744 people. Geography The sum is located in the western most part of Bayan-Ölgii Province. It is also the western most sum of all sums in Mongolia. Geology * Baga Turgen Waterfall * Khoton Lake Administrative divisions The district is divided into nine bags A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal s ..., which are: * Borburgas * Doloon Gadlaga * Khar Uul * Khushuut * Partizan * Shar Govi * Tsagaan Tunge * Ust Tokhoi * Zagast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (, ''Altai five saints nature complex'') is a national park in Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. The park includes the Mongolian side of the Tavan Bogd massif, which is divided by the triple border with Russia and China in the Altai Mountains. It covers 6362 square kilometres and is located south of Tavan Bogd, the highest mountain of Mongolia. It includes the lakes Khoton Lake, Khoton, Khurgan Lake, Khurgan, and Dayan Lake, Dayan. The protected area is inhabited by species such as the Argali sheep, Ibex, Red deer, Beech marten, Moose, Snow leopard, Snow cock, and Golden eagle. The (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai is located inside Altai Tavan Bogd National Park. The World Heritage Site covers three locations with several thousand petroglyphs and Turkic monoliths, including the Tsagaan Salaa Rock Paintings with over 10,000 cave drawings in 15 km of river valley. See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalkhgol
Khalkhgol (, meaning ''Khalkha river'') is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. There are 3,203 people in the sum, including 1,756 in the sum center. The area of the sum is 28,093 km², with a population density of 0.11 people/km². History In 2018, the district received an €8 million donation from Russia to redevelop the district center. In 2019, the redevelopment project was completed, which consists of the governor's office, cultural center, hospital, secondary school and its students dormitory, kindergarten and a sport hall. Geography Khalkhgol is the largest district in Mongolia by land area. It is the easternmost district in both Dornod Province, and Mongolia as a whole. Geology * Buir Lake Climate Khalkhgol has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwb'') with warm summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in autumn and spring. Winters are quite dry, with occasional light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
