!!!Mongolia: Geography
||Location|Northern Asia, between China and Russia
||Geographic Coordinates|46 00 N, 105 00 E[{GoogleMap location='46.0,105.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''1,564,116 sq km\\''land: ''1,553,556 sq km\\''water: ''10,560 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''8,220 km\\''border countries: ''China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Hoh Nuur 560 m\\''highest point: ''Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mount Huiten 4374 m; Hüiten Peak 4374 m; Mönkh Khairkhan 4231 m; Sutai Mountain 4220 m; Tsambagarav 4193 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: K’uei-t’un Shan 4082 m; Otgon Tenger Uul 4008 m; Tung-ho-ko-erh 3325 m; Gora Sar’dag-Ula 2027 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Mongolia/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central
||Natural Hazards|dust storms; grassland and forest fires; drought; "zud," which is harsh winter conditions
||Natural Resource|oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
||Land Use|''arable land: ''0.39%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''99.61% (2011)
||Climate|desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
||Irrigated Land|843 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|34.8 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|limited natural freshwater 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
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Ulaanbaatar; Erdenet; Darhan; Cojbalsan; Olgij\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Ulaanbaatar; Erdenet; Darhan; Khovd; Ölgiy\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Mongolia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Asia/Mongolia/Geography/Important_Lakes]