Landscape pictures of Mongolia
2024-04-26
1. Khuvsgul lake
Lake Khövsgöl is Mongolia's largest freshwater lake by volume and second largest by area. It's located near the northern border of Mongolia, around 200 km west of Lake Baikal. It's nicknamed the "Younger sister" of Lake Baikal.
2. White stuppa
Tsagaan Suvarga, located 65 km southwest of Ulziit Sum in Dundgovi Province, is a big, colorful escarpment that is 200m high and 400m long. It was once covered by a big sea in the Khevtee and Bosoo valleys, but after the sea dried up, the area became covered by sedimentary deposits, creating many glacis and escarpments. There is also a cave in Tsagaan Suvarga called Khevtee and Bosoo, which is home to many bats.
3. Menen Steppe
Menen Steppe is an endless plain steppe located in Dornod, Eastern province. It is the largest steppe in the world that has kept its native land and is home to a variety of plants, antelopes, wolves, and rare animals. Mongolian antelopes graze here, and during winter, hundreds of them flock to this area. The eastern region aimags are the home to Mongolian antelopes, which have now become very rare in the world. Only half of the three million antelopes in Mongolia flock to Dornod province.
4. Lake Ugii
Lake Ugii is well-known for its bird life, with over 150 types of aquatic birds gathering there, including rare species like the Cape Barren goose, spoonbills, Dalmatian pelicans, cranes, and ducks. There's a water bird research station nearby, and the Ramsar Convention has listed Ogii lake as an important breeding and staging area for various waterfowl.
5. Altai Tavan Bogd
Altai Tavan Bogd boasts stunning scenery with towering mountains, glaciers, valleys, and lakes. The park has two regions: Tavan Bogd Mountains in the northwest and the Lakes Region in the southeast. The highest peak is the snow-capped Kuiten Uul mountain, standing at 4374 m. The park covers 630,000 hectares and includes three large freshwater lakes, 34 glaciers, and several waterfalls. The region stretches along the Chinese border and is home to tens of thousands of petroglyphs, Turkic Stone Men, and stone burial mounds.