Title: The Current Situation of Grassland Resources in Mongolia
Abstract: Mongolia stretches across Central Asia and occupies an area of 1.6 million km of mountains, steppes and deserts. The country locates between 8741' and 11956' of the eastern longitude and 4135' and 5209' of the northern latitude. Mongolia is landlocked country between Russia and China, and has no access to the sea. Mongolia extends 2,400 km from the Altai mountain range in the west to the Great Khingan Mountains in the east, and for 1,260 km from the Great Sayan Mountains in the north to Orvog Gashuun Hill in the Southern Gobi. Although famous for its seemingly endless expanses of steppe, Mongolia is a mountainous country with almost 80% of its territory located at an elevation of 1,000 m or more above sea level. The average elevation is 1,580 m a.s.l. with the highest peak of Tavan Bogd (4,374 m) and the lowest basin of Khuh Lake Hollow (560 m). Mongolia is surrounded by the eastern and western Alpine Ranges; Great Sayan, Buteel and Khentei mountains in the north, Great Khingan Mountains in the east, Mongolian Altai and Gobi-Altai Ranges in the south-east and south, Khan Khuhii and Khangai Mountains in the west and the Gobi Desert in the south. As shown in Table 1, the territory of Mongolia is divided into six natural zones (alpine, taiga, wooded steppe, steppe, desertsteppe and desert) with markedly diff erent terrain, climate, fl ora and fauna.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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