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The Mongolian Plateau is an inland plateau in East Asia that lies between 37°46′-53°08′N and 87°40′-122°15′E [citation needed] and has an area of approximately 3,200,000 square kilometers (1,200,000 sq mi).
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. [2] The total land area of Mongolia is 1,564,116 square kilometres. [3]
Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Uvs Nuur Basin* Uvs, Zavkhan, Khövsgöl: 2003 769rev; ix, x (natural) This transnational site comprises seven properties in Russia and five in Mongolia. The Uvs Nuur Basin is a large endorheic basin that drains into the large, shallow, and very saline Uvs Lake. The basin contains a wide variety of ...
This map shows the boundary of the 13th-century Mongol Empire and location of today's Mongols in modern Mongolia, Russia and China.. The Mongol heartland [1] or Mongolian heartland [2] refers to the contiguous geographical area in which the Mongol people have primarily lived, [3] especially in history books.
The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
The Ek-tagh or Mongolian Altai, which separates the Khovd basin on the north from the Irtysh basin on the south, is a true border-range, in that it rises in a steep and lofty escarpment from the Dzungarian depression (470–900 m (1,540–2,950 ft)), but descends on the north by a relatively short slope to the plateau (1,150–1,680 m (3,770 ...
Minnesota just got its second HuHot Mongolian Grill, a chain with outposts in 18 states. The new St. Cloud location at 3701 W Division St. opened on Wednesday in the former home of Mongo's Grill.
The top of the plateau is bare of vegetation. As of 2007, scientists in the park had recorded 500 species of vascular plants in 218 genera and 51 families. The area is an important site for Eurasian steppe species of birds, including the vulnerable white-throated bush chat ( Saxicola insignis ), the Henderson's ground jay ( Podoces hendersoni ...