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Mongolian Plateau

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Mongolian Plateau

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part of the Central Asian Plateau

Key facts

Traditional chinese
蒙古高原
Simplified chinese
蒙古高原
Hanyu pinyin
Ménggǔ Gāoyuán
Bopomofo
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Encyclopedic overview

Mongolian name Mongolian CyrillicМонголын тэгш өндөрлөг Mongolian script ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠰᠢ ᠥᠨᠳᠥᠷᠯᠢᠭ

The Mongolian Plateau or Altai Plateau is an inland plateau in East Asia covering approximately 3,200,000 square kilometers (1,200,000 mi). It is bounded by the Greater Hinggan Mountains in the east, the Yin Mountains to the south, the Altai Mountains to the west, and the Sayan and Khentii mountains to the north. The plateau includes the Gobi Desert as well as dry steppe regions. It has an elevation of roughly 1,000 to 1,500 meters (3,300 to 4,900 ft), with the lowest point in Hulunbuir and the highest point in the Altai.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mongolian Plateau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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