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Mongolia is a fabulous wide-open land of extreme climate and extraordinary natural environment. It’s tough at times and even bitterly cold, with surprise snow showers in summer. Travellers might face other climatic challenges, like having to ford rivers in full flood.
It has a highly distinct set of Geographical features, caused by the area being an ancient dry land (once, over 200 million years ago, an inland sea),with an average elevation of 1,580m. The country lies between latitude 420 and 520N and longitude 870 and 1190E, and extends for 2392km from west to east and 1,259km from north to south. The total area is 1,564,116km2, over six times the land area of the UK and nearly three times that of France. It is the fifth-largest country in Asia.
Mongolian total territory is divided 4 main zones by geography.