Extractions: This is the most interesting route. The active adventure is complete; a brilliant and unforgettable experience on an exciting combination of the Mongolian and Siberian railways, across Russia down to Mongolia by train with stops at important cities along the way. This train has deluxe 2-berth compartments and 4-berth compartments, all very comfortable. Twin-share Rail Supplement price is available only when two people travel together. The total 7,621 km (4,735 miles) journey takes 51/2 days. Possibilities of Pre-tour to Lake Baikal in Russia or Post tour to South Gobi desert in Mongolia. One departure every Monday. (15 DAYS) This is a unique and cheap way to discover Russia, Mongolia and China. A train tour you will never forget...The longest and most famous railway journey in the world, the Trans Mongolian or Trans Siberian traverses Mongolia from Russia to China. Especially in Russia and Mongolia it is very difficult to arrange transfers, hotels and transport by yourself. We advise to arrange as much as possible before starting the trip by booking of the start package listed below, so we can make all the necessary preparations (min. 120 days prior).
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Extractions: List of Interactive Maps GENERAL DESCRIPTION If any country possessed the magical ability to conjure up the brilliance of pure light and the expanse of far horizons, it is Mongolia. This vast territory cradles a wealth of landscapes, from the remote, isolated mountains of the Altai Range to the sweeping steppes and grasslands of the Mongolian Plateau, from the dense forests and crystalline lakes of the north to the ancient sea bed that is the Gobi desert in the south. Despite Mongolia's natural splendour and the notoriety of its great empire builder, Genghis Khan, Mongolia remains relatively unknown to the outside world. Few visitors travel beyond the environs of the captial at Ulan Bator and fewer still have ever been to the Great Gobi National Park in southwest Mongolia. var menu = new COOLjsMenu("JTAMenu", MENU_ITEMS);
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Extractions: List of Interactive Maps Mongolia is a nation filled with stark geographic contrasts. With an average elevation of 1,580 meters (5,182 feet), it ranks among the highest countries in the world. In broad terms, Mongolia can be described as a country of three distinct geographic regions: Perhaps the most dominant feature is the Mongolian Plateau , a region of gently rolling grasslands (steppes) that covers about two-thirds of central Mongolia. The treeless, semi-arid Mongolian steppes provide grazing land for "the five snouts" herded by nomads: horses, oxen, sheep, goats, and camels. The Mongolian Highlands include the Hentiyn Mountains in the northeast, the Hangayn mountains in west central Mongolia, and the high mountain peaks of the Altai Range which run northwest to southeast along Mongolia's southwestern border with China. Mt. Otgon Tenger, at 4,031 m (13,225 ft), is the highest peak in the Hangayn Range. Further east, the 2,751 m (9,026 ft) peak of Asralt Hayrhan is the highest point among the Hentiyn Mountains. At the westernmost tip of the country, straddling Mongolia's border with China along the Altai Range, sits Mt. Tavaubogdo, also called Nairamdal (Friendship Peak), at 4,374 m (14,350 ft), the highest point in Mongolia. The Gobi is a vast expanse of barren terrain that dominates the southern one-third of Mongolia. There are no trees and only sparse vegetation to maintain scattered herds of sheep, goats, and camels
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Extractions: Geographical Descriptions The North Largely unpopulated, Northern Mongolia is one of the most beautiful areas of the country with densely forested mountains and steppe. The meadows in spring are blanketed with wildflowers and the air is filled with the voices of migrating birds. Considered by scientists to be the aquatic equivalent of a rainforest, Lake Hovsgol–the "blue pearl" of Mongolia–is found within the country’s largest and most spectacular protected park. Mirroring lush meadows, tall, coniferous taiga forest, and the Sayan mountain range, Lake Hovsgol’s beauty is legendary. Untouched by industry and development, the lake’s water is pure enough to drink and home to a variety of fish including Siberian grayling and lenok. Fed by over ninety rivers and streams, Lake Hovsgol drains only into the Egiin River which then joins the Selenge River, the main tributary of Lake Baikal in neighboring Siberia. Return to Top Travel further afield and find cultural highlights including Kharakhorum, the site of the 13th-century capital of the Mongol Empire. Only a few traces remain of this once great city, but neighboring Erdene Zuu, the country’s largest monastery, was reputedly built from the city’s ruins. Or, visit Arkhangai province, known as the "Switzerland of Mongolia." The provincial capital, Tsetserleg, is home to the Buyandelgeruulekh Monastery which was founded in 1586 and housed almost 1,000 monks at its height of activity. Return to Top The South
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Extractions: Country Listing Mongolia Table of Contents Size: Total 1,565,000 square kilometers. Topography: Mountains and rolling plateaus; vast semidesert and desert plains, 90 percent pasture or desert wasteland, less than 1 percent arable, 8 to 10 percent forested; mountains in north, west and southwest; Gobi, a vast desert in southeast; Selenge river system in north. Climate: Desert; high, cold, dry, continental climate; sharp seasonal fluctuations and variation; little precipitation; great diurnal temperature changes. Population: 2,125,463 in July 1989; in 1989, birth rate 35.1 per 1,000; death rate 7.6 per 1,000. Approximately 51 percent live in urban areas; nearly 25 percent in Ulaanbaatar in 1986. In 1987 population density per square kilometer 1.36; sex ratio 50.1 percent male, 49.9 percent female as of 1986. Ethnic Groups: Nearly 90 percent Mongol. Rest Kazakh (5.3 percent), Chinese (2 percent), Russian (2 percent); Tuvins (see Glossary), Uzbeks (see Glossary), Uighurs (see Glossary), and others (1.5 percent). Languages: Khalkha Mongol (official language), 90 percent; minor languages include Turkic, Chinese, Russian, and Kazakh.
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Extractions: Mongolia's Geography and Climate For the most part, Mongolia consists of a plateau that is broken up by mountain ranges. The plateau ranges from 900 to 1,500 meters in height (3,000 - 5,000 ft), while the Altay Mountains, found in southwest Mongolia reach above 4,000 meters. In central and southeast Mongolia, the Gobi Desert can be found.
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Extractions: Absolute Photos - Mongolia Mongolia and the Mongol people have periodically been at the center of international events. The histories of nations - indeed, of continents - have been rewritten and major cultural and political changes have occurred because of a virtual handful of seemingly remote pastoral nomads. The thirteenth-century accomplishments of Chinggis Khan in conquering a swath of the world from modern-day Korea to southern Russia and in invading deep into Europe, and the cultural achievements of his grandson, Khubilai Khan, in China are well-known in world history. The Mongol character has been greatly influenced by the extremes of Mongolia's geography, comprising huge rolling plateaus, rugged mountain ranges, and areas susceptible to earthquakes. On the one hand Mongolia has Hovsgol Nuur - Asia's second largest freshwater lake - and river systems that drain toward the Arctic and Pacific oceans and into Central Asia, and on the other, the Gobi, a vast arid rangeland within which are even less hospitable desert areas.
Extractions: border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km Coastline: km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Climate: desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) Terrain: vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central Elevation extremes: lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m other: 99.23% (2001) Irrigated land: 840 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and 'zud,' which is harsh winter conditions Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources in some areas; the policies of former Communist regimes promoted rapid urbanization and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment
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Extractions: Glossary Facts Font Search ... Books Introduction First thing one notices, when talking about Mongolia, is the severe continental climate. This climate is caused by a couple of factors. Mongolia is landlocked between the super states China and Russia. Most of the country is lying on high altitude and the division of air pressure systems also plays a role. It is reported that less than one percent of the country's surface is arable, 8-10 percent forested and the rest being pasture, including semi-desert in the Gobi region. Borders The borders of present day Mongolia are mostly formed by natural boundaries of mountain ranges. In the north sediments of the Angara shield form old remains of relief from the Caledonian folding 400 million years ago. To the west and the east borders the structures are formed by the Hercynical folding of 300 million years ago. In the south old parts of the Chinese shield are covered by sediments from later times.
Extractions: Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies Figure 1. Administrative Divisions of Mongolia, 1989 MONGOLIA AND THE MONGOL PEOPLE have periodically been at the center of international events. The histories of nationsindeed, of continentshave been rewritten and major cultural and political changes have occurred because of a virtual handful of seemingly remote pastoral nomads. The thirteenth-century accomplishments of Chinggis Khan in conquering a swath of the world from modern-day Korea to southern Russia and in invading deep into Europe, and the cultural achievements of his grandson, Khubilai Khan, in China are well-known in world history. Seven hundred years later, a much compressed Mongolian nation first attracted world attention as a strategic battleground between Japan and the Soviet Union and later between the Soviet Union and China. In the 1980s, the Mongolian People's Republic continued to be a critical geopolitical factor in Sino-Soviet relations. The Mongols arose from obscure origins in the recesses of Inner Asia to unify their immediate nomadic neighbors and then to conquer much of the Eurasian landmass, ruling large parts of it for more than a century. Emerging from a newly consolidated heartland north of the Gobi in the thirteenth century, the Mongols and their armiesmade up of conquered peoplesthrust through western Asia, crossed the Urals, invaded the countries of Eastern Europe, and pressed on to Austria and the Adriatic. They also advanced through southwest Asia to the eastern Mediterranean and conquered the Chinese empire. Around the same time, they embarked on ambitious maritime expeditions against Java and Japan. The Mongols were phenomenally hard driving and ambitious for such a small group, and their accomplishments were considerable. Only the Mamluks of Egypt, the "divine winds" of Japan, and the Mongols' own legal traditionthe need to elect a new khanhalted the inexorable Mongol advances.
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Extractions: That a lone American, armed only with a 3-iron and an easy, impish smile, can golf across Mongolia reflects several factors: the friendliness of largely Buddhist Mongolia to Americans; Mongolia's geography of vast expanses; and a new extreme golf movement that is prompting young Americans and Europeans to break way out of country clubs.
Extractions: Archeological digs have uncovered human remains in the Gobi and other regions of Mongolia dating back nearly 500,000 years. Despite Mongolia's short summers, wheat growing has co-existed for thousands of years with nomadic herding, which the Mongols took up after they tamed horses, yaks and camels. The name 'Mongol' was first recorded by the Chinese during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD). At that time Mongolia was dominated by a Turkic people called the Uighurs. The Uighurs were influenced by Christianity and, after taking control of Mongolia, went on to save the ailing Tang rulers of China from an internal revolt. The Uighurs controlled most of Mongolia until 840 AD, when they were defeated by the Kyrgyz, who now live in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. They remained little more than a loose confederation of rival clans until the late 12th century, when a 20 year old Mongol named Temujin emerged and managed to unite most of the Mongol tribes. In 1189 he was given the honorary name of Genghis Khan, meaning 'universal king'. The Genghis Khan imprinted in the memory of the west bears little relation to the Chinggis Khaan revered by Mongolians. Not only is the spelling different: to Europeans, the name epitomizes mercilessness and warmongering; to the Mongolians, it embodies strength, unity, law and order. Genghis set up his capital in present-day Kharkhorin, and launched his important cavalry - built on Mongolia's prized takhi horses - against China and Russia. By the time of his death in 1227, the Mongol empire extended from Beijing to the Caspian Sea.
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Extractions: French version Geography Physical Geography In our e-Shop Click above Mongolia is landlocked in the heart of Eurasia, the greatest terrestrial mass of the globe. It is the 6th largest country in Asia and the 18th largest in the world occupying a territory of approximately 1.6 million square kilometers, about the same surface area as France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Portugal combined together. The territory of Mongolia, primarily in the west and southwest, is covered with the following three major mountain ranges accompanied by high plateaus. - The chain of Altaï in the west, the location of the countrys highest extremity (4,374 m), which extends in arc reaching Gobi and forms the region of Gobi Altaï - The Khangaï Range in the central part (peak: 3,905 m), which is the principal water tower of the country and the source of Selenge River, Mongolias largest river, flowing into Lake Baïkal, a gigantic inland sea, which extends in Russias Siberia to the north of the country; - The Khentii Mounts, the native soils of Chingis Khan, with abundant forests and peaks rising up to
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Extractions: Applied Language Solutions offer quality language translation services for all applications, including website, medical and legal translations Email: enquiries@appliedlanguage.com FREE QUOTE SERVICES RESOURCES ... HOME PAGE Information For Mongolia Introduction Geography People Government ... Country Flag Popular Pages Business Translation Free Translation Tools Free website translation Language Identifier Currency Converter Free Translation Information Translation Articles Submit An Article Language Directory Country Guides ... Location Northern Asia, between China and Russia Geographic coordinates 46 00 N, 105 00 E Map references asia Area total: 1,564,116 sq km Area comparative slightly smaller than Alaska Land boundaries total: 8,220 km border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km Coastline km (landlocked) Maritime claims none (landlocked) Climate desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) Terrain vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
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