{"id":106125,"date":"2026-08-25T12:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=106125"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:38:09","slug":"mongolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mongolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mongolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mongolia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change held high-level bilateral meetings with South Asian counterparts on the sidelines of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mongolia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in <\/span><b>north-central Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mongolia is bordered by two nations: <\/span><b>China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (South) and <\/span><b>Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 (North).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ulaanbaatar<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Mongolia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has <\/span><b>continental climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of its high latitude and elevation and distance from oceans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>four main vegetation zones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that run from north to south and from mountains to basins: <\/span><b>forest-steppe, steppe, semidesert, and desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Mountains:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Khentii Mountains, Khangai Mountains, and the Altay Mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The highest point of Mongolia is <\/span><b>Nayramadlin Orgil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 14,350 ft. (4,374 m)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Orkhon River (Orkhon River valley was inscribed by UNESCO in the World Heritage List).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Lake:<\/b> <b>Hovsgol Nuur,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of Asia\u2019s largest freshwater lakes, is located on its <\/span><b>border with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Russian Federation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It possesses large <\/span><b>deposits of coal and fluorite (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fluorspar) and of copper, gold, silver, and other metallic ores.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/environment-minister-holds-series-of-bilateral-meetings-with-south-asian-counterparts-in-mongolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mongolia is a landlocked country located in north-central Asia. 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