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Mongolian Dornod Steppe

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Dornod Aimag is the ‘far east’ of Mongolia, a land of romote grassy steppes where Mongolia, China and the Russian Federation meet together. Eastern Mongolian Plains feature a miracle of verdant grasslands that extend as far as the eye can Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player see as well as lakes, mineral springs and gently rolling hills. The steppes are home to rich wildlife dominated by thousands of white-tailed gazelle (Mongolian gazelle). Traditional folk songs, blacksmith and silversmith skills, and handicrafts of Dariganga people, who inhabit the southern end of the plains, are famous throughout Mongolia. Dornod Mongoliin Tal (Oriental Mongolian Steppe).   This is dry steppe, unspoiled by man. In 1992 a Strictly Protected Area of 5,704 square kilometers was declared, primarily to safeguard ob examp...

Chinggis Khaan Birth Place

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Khan  Khentii Mountain National Park This is the native land of Genghis Khan and contains many important historical and cultural sites. Khan Khentii is covered with forests, taiga, and mountain forest steppe. It is the land described in The Secret History of Mongols, Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player a literary monument of the nation, and is a protected area located northeast of the capital city. Khan Khentii Mountain National Park is one of the Mongolian natural and historical treasures, declared by UNESCO as world heritage site. Black  Heart Blue Lake  (Huh Nuur) At this place in 1189, a ceremony was held conferring the title of Genghis Khan to the young Temuujin who thus became the King of the Mongols. Not far from the lake, is a trace from the 15 meter wide ger that was Genghis’ dwelling. The...

Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

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Gorkhi-Terelj National Park  is one of the national parks of Mongolia. Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, created in 1993, borders the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area, and it is one of the most Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player visited protected areas. It is connected with Ulaanbaatar by a paved road to the East direction, 70 km from Ulaanbaatar city center. Terelj, on the Terelj river bank is a spectacular valley with eroded rock formations, pine-covered mountains and grasslands carpeted with perennial wildflowers and edelweiss. Park wildlife includes brown bears and over 250 species of birds. The Tuul River flows through the park. The park has many rock formations for rock climbers, and includes two famous formations named for things they resemble: Turtle Rock and the Old Man Reading a Book (Praying...

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

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Altai Tavan Bogd National Park is in  Bayan-Ulgii Province ,  Mongolia . From Ulgii center to Altai Tavan Bogd  National Park is 180 km. The National Park includes 636,200 hectares in Bayan-Ulgii Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player province including Tsengel Soum, Ulaanhus Soum, Sagsai Soum and Altai Soum.  The Tavan Bogd (Five Saints) chain includes the highest peak in Mongolia, Khuiten Uul (4,353 m), which overlooks the frontiers with China and Russia. This National Park includes very high peaks, with eternal snow and glaciers in the far west of Mongolia. A stunning landscape of high glaciated snow capped mountains, alpine and sup-alpine forests, large lakes, rivers and streams, mountain grasslands, barren rocky mountain ranges and semi-arid desert type valleys. Altai Tavan Bogd and Tsambagarav Mountains are the hi...

Khorgo National Park

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Khorgo Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park     The National Park covers 28 sq. km including Togoo Uul (2,240 meters above sea level) and Hill of the lake of Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur. Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player It has been protection since 1965, fully since 1994, to safeguard spectacular mountain scenery and endangered fauna and flora.  Khorgo extinct volcano   Khorgo Uul is a dead volcano which lies on the east of the Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake in Arkhangai province. The volcanic crater is 200 meters wide and 100 meters deep. The northern slope is covered with Siberian Larch. Red Deer, Siberian Deer, Wild Boar, Ruddy Shelduck and Duck. Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake  Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake is an astonishingly beautiful lake with crystal clear fresh water. Torrents of lava issuing from the Khorgo volcano blocked...

Khustai Nature Reserve

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The Khustai National Park has an area of 50,620 hectares and is located 95 km west of the capital Ulaanbaatar. Run by the Mongolian Association for the Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player Conservation of Nature and the Environment (MACNE), with the cooperation of the Foundation Reserves for the Przewalski Horse (FRPH) and the support of the Dutch government, one of the park's main goals is to reintroduce the Takhi, the last remaining wild horse worldwide. Also called the Przewalski horse (named after the Polish explorer who first 'discovered' the horse in 1878), the horses' numbers were greatly reduced after poachers killed them for meat, and overgrazing and development reduced their fodder and breeding grounds. In the last 10 years, the Takhi has been increased to more than 200 horses.

Khuvsgul Lake

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Khuvsgul nuur is located in the northwest of Mongolia near the border to Russia. It is 1,645 m above sea level, 136 km long and 262 m deep. An amazing 90 rivers flow into the lake, but only a single river flows out the Egiin Gol, Togluulagch 1 1 player Togluulagch 2 2 player TOGLUULAGCH 3 3 player 4 player Video Description Togluulagch 5 5 player which ultimately reaches Lake Baikal in Siberia. The lake is surrounded by mountains, meadows and forest, a complete contrast to the rest of Mongolia. It is the second-most voluminous freshwater lake in Asia, and holds almost 70% of Mongolia's fresh water and 0.4% of all the fresh water in the world. Different ethnic groups live within the Lake Khuvsgul National Park: Mongols or Khalkha, Buryat, Darkhat. The town of Khatgal is at the southern end of the lake. Tsaatan nomad family 30 families of Tsaatan (reindeer breeders) with a unique living traditional culture live in ta...