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Achit Lake

Achit Lake is the largest freshwater shallow lake in the Khovd River basin in western Mongolia in the Mongolian Altai Range...

Altai Mountain Range

The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei have their sources...

Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

Altai Tavan Bogd is 636,161 hectares of pristine landscape along the border of the western part of Ulaan Khus, Tsengel, Sagsai and Altai soums of Bayan-Olgii aimag. It was placed under protection in 1996...

Altan Els

Located along the northern border of Uvs Aimag, Altan Els Strictly Protected Area (Golden Sand) contains the world's northernmost sand dunes and embodies nearly all components of the ecosystem present in the Uvs Nuur Basin...

Ayrag Lake

A shallow, freshwater lake in the Mongolian Great Lakes Depression...

Bor Khyaryin Dunes

Bor Khyariin Sand Dunes are about 180 km long, 15 km wide, and 300-meter high situated in Zavkhan province, Western Mongolia...

Bodonch Canyon

The Bodonch Canyon is a 99km long picturesque canyon, where...

Eej Khairkhan Mountain

Eej Khairkhan Uul is located between Tsogt and Altai soums of Gobi-Altai aimag in the southwestern part of Mongolia just north of ‘Gobi A’ National Park...

Great Lakes Depressions

region that stretches out from Uvs to Khovd aimag over about 40.000 square kilometres...

Ishgen Tolgoi Paintings

A monument with figures of animals is on the Ishgen Tolgoi rocks near the center of Mankhan soum in Khovd province.

Khan Khokhiin Nuruu

The Khan Khokhii mountain range is located in Zuunkhangai, Undurkhangai and Tsagaan Khairkhan sums of Uvs province, was taken under protection in 2000 with an area of 2206 square kilometres...

Kharkhiraa & Turgen Uul

The twin peaks of Kharkhiraa Mountain (4073m) and Turgen Mountain (3965m) dominate the Uvs aimag.

Khyargas Lakes

The Great Lakes Depressions is a region that stretches out from Uvs to Khovd aimag over about 40.000 square kilometres...

Khar Lake

The outflow from Khar-Us nuur goes into a short river called Chono Kharaih which flows into another freshwater, lake Khar Nuur / Black lake/ home to some migratory pelicans...

Khar Us Nuur National Park

About 40 km to the east of Khovd city is Khar Us Nuur (Black Water Lake), the second-largest freshwater lake (15,800 sq km) in Mongolia with an average depth of only 4km...

Khoton & Dayan Lakes

Most of the Olgii's rivers are fed by melting glaciers in the Altai mountains. These rivers, in turn, feed over 250 lakes throughout Bayan Olgii...

Khurgan Lake

There is another lake next to Khoton called Khurgan Lake. Those two lakes are connected by a stream and fed by rivers and streams originated in Altai Mountains...

Monkh Khairkhan Mountains

Monkh Khairkhan mountain is part of the main chain of the Mongol Altai Mountain Range, extending 100 km from northwest to southeast located west part of Khovd aimag...

Otgon Tenger Uul

Otgontenger Mountain is the highest peak of the Khangai Nuruu Range and Mongolia's 5th highest mountain. Its peak is at 4020 meters above the sea level...

Telmen Lake

Telmen is a beautiful lake which hosts abundant birdlife. The lake lies near the boundary between the forest-steppe and steppe ecosystems...

Tolboo Lake

Tolbo nuur is a lake of 185 square kilometres whose surface is at 2.080 meters above sea level. The lake water is crystal clear and fresh, over 10 km wide, 18 km long and 10 meters deep...

Tsagaan Salaa Paintings

This complex consists of about 10.000 paintings scattered over a 15 km area on the south slope of the mountain and rock painting of Baga Oigor River...

Tsambagarav Mountain

Tsambagarav Mountain (4200 meters), one of Mongolia's most glorious snow-capped peaks and Mongolia’s 3rd highest peak is located in a national park of more than 110 thousand hectares...

Uureg Lake

Uureg Lake (1,426 m) which lies close to the Russian border and Siberia alongside Olgii and Ulaangom road...

Tsenkher Cave

The Tsenkheriin Agui (also known as Khoid Tsenkher) caves are well known for their cave paintings, dates from 20.000 years ago...

Uvs Lake

Large numbers of gulls, and migratory birds live at Uvs Nuur in summer. This immense lake (80 km wide and 80 km long) is located 28 km northeast of Ulaangom...