Mongolian Geography and weather

Located in the landlocked plateau of Central Asia between China and Russia, Mongolia covers an entire area of 1.566.500 km- it

takes the 15th place with its size in the world. Mongolia stretches about 2.400 km form the west to the east and about 1.260 km from the north to the south.

The northern part of the country is covered by forest mountain ranges and the southern part by desert, desert steppe, and steppe areas with low mountains. High snow-capped mountains and glaciers and the eastern part by vast plains and wild heaths dominate the western part. The Mongolian environment has a large variety of features. Mongolia can be divided into six zones; desert, mountain, mountain taiga, mountain forest steppe, arid steppe and taiga.

The mountain belt of the Mongol Altai, Khangai and Khentii mountainous regions, with their perpetual snow, glaciers, traces and signs of ancient ice covers, has been well preserved due to a constantly cold climate and strong winds. About 81% of the country is higher than 1000 meters above sea level and the average elevation is 1580 meters.

The steppe grades into Gobi Desert, which extends throughout southern Mongolia from the east to the west of the country. The Gobi Desert, which extends throughout southern Mongolia from the east to the west of the country. The Gobi is mostly gravelly, but also contains large areas of sand dunes in the dries areas of Gobi near the southern border. The country has numerous saltwater and freshwater lakes.

Most of Mongolian 3500 lakes are located in the western and northern parts of th country- biggest lakes like Uvs, Khovsgul,

Khyargas, Khar, Boon Tsagaan, Orog, and many more.

Winter-Spring-Summer-Autumn Climate of Mongolia

The main characteristics of the climate of Mongolia are sunny days, long and cold winters, low precipitation and large annual, seasonal, monthly and diurnal fluctuations in air temperature. The average mean temperature recorded in January is -34'C in the plateau and depressions, but extreme temperatures have been recorded between -50 and -56 degrees centigrade.

In the northern mountains the average mean temperature in the warmest warmth is between +35'C and +41'C, depending on the area.

American geography and

weather

Geography and climate vary greatly across the United States. The total area of the US is over 9.6 million square kilometers, making it either the third or fourth largest country in the world (its rank depends on how China's size is calculated). The United States is comprised of 48 "contiguous" or "continental" states, which refers to the states located in a single connected region on the continent of North America. The US has two additional states: Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska is located in the northwestern most part of North America, but Canada separates it from the "contiguous" states. Hawaii is also separated; it is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.

Peaks Above 14,000 Feet in the United States mount Mckinley

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 (4,374 meters).

 

Great Bear Lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the Canada-US border are larger), the fourth largest in North America, and the seventh largest in the world. The lake is in the Northwest Territories and is situated on the Arctic Circle between 65 and 67 degrees of northern latitude and between 118 and 123 degrees western longitude, 186 m (610 ft) above sea level.

One of the clearest lakes in the world, Lake Hovsgol has the nickname "Dark Blue Pearl of Mongolia". Mongolia's largest fresh water lake is 125 km long and plunges to over 250 m. Due to its size the water is very cold, and remains ice-covered until well into June.