2.Geographical location Mongolia is located in Asia occupying 1,566,500 square kilometers .

The territory of Mongolia is larger than territories of Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy together. The frontiers are km out of which 3485 km are with Russia Federation, and 4673 km run along the border with China. 3.Landscape The average altitude is 1500 meters above sea level. The largest Mongolian mountain range, the Altai Mountains,is located in the western part of the country.This range of mointains stretches for 1500 km.The highest point in the country.Mount Huiten 4374 m above sea level is in the Western Altai Mountains; the lowest point, Huh nuur 560m above sea level is found in Dornod Eastern aimag .Vasr steppe areas dominate the southern and eastern parts of the country , in the largest one is called Menengiin tal 250,00 square km 4. Lakes and rivers Though the annual precipitation is low, there are quite enough water rasources fed by rain and snow falling in the high mountains. There are 3500 fresh water and salt lakes, 3811 rivers and streams and 187 glaciars in Mongolia. Wetlands, including marshlands,occupy 1,5 million hectares of land. The total length of all the rivers is around 50,000 km.The large lakes cover 436,7 square km. The total surface area of water is 13,630 square km. The largest lake in Mongolia is Lake Uvs 3350km and the deepest one is Khuvsgul Lake 262m.The Selenge 992 km long is the largest river out of the 4000 rivers in the country. 5.Climate Mongolia is located in the Northern Hemisphere temperate zone. Situated at an average altitude of 1500 m above sea level, separated from the oceans , surrounded by high mountain chains that are blocking the wet winds ,Mongolia has an extreme continental climate. Winters are long with temperatures far below the freezing point, hot, but short summer temperature is +20C .In winters it is -20C .The wind is 1.54.5m/s. The average annual precipitation is 200-220 mm. Mongolia is one of the sunniest countries in the world, there are 250 sunny days a year.