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| Location | Northern Asia, between China and Russia |
| Geographic coordinates | 46 00 N, 105 00 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area | total: 1,564,116 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Alaska |
| Land boundaries |
total: 8,220 km border countries: china 4,677 km, russia 3,543 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges) |
| Terrain | vast semidesert and desert plains, grassy steppe, mountains in west and southwest; Gobi Desert in south-central |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: hoh nuur 518 m highest point: nayramadlin orgil (huyten orgil) 4,374 m |
| Natural resources | oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron |
| Land use |
arable land: 0.77% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.23% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 840 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | dust storms, grassland and forest fires, drought, and "zud," which is harsh winter conditions |
| Environment - current issues | limited natural fresh water 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, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia |
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