MONGOLIA

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Land in mongolia has been inhabited since 130,000 years ago
• Main Trading partners since 2008: China, Canada, UK, Luxemburg, U.S.
• Main items: fuel, machinery and equipment, cars...
• ...Sugar, Tea, building materials

REGIONS

• 5 Regions
• Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western, Central
• The Eastern region has over 200 extinct volcanoes

CLIMATE

• High, cold, and windy
• Long, cold winters and short summers
• Extreme continental climate
• Averages 257 cloudless days a year
• They are known as "The Land of the Blue Sky"

RESOURCES

• Main resources: copper, gold, coal
• Forest, fish, uranium, fluorite
• Fluorite, gold, copper and molybdenum are exported
• Mongolia and the Soviet Union developed petroleumm-extractions
• Since 1990, other oil companies introduced new technology to the petroleum industry

MAJOR INDUSTRIES

• Mining is a big part of mongolia
• Construction is growing rapidly
• They process animal products

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Parliamentary republic (formerly communism)
• President- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
• Prime minister- Chimediin Saikhanbileg
• Capital- Ulaan Baatar
• Currency- Tugrik

MAJOR LANDFORMS

• Gobi Desert
• Covers 1/3 of Mongolia
• Starts from far China to the inner part of Mongolia
• Altai Mountains
• It's elevation is 4,506 meters high

Gobi Desert

Altai Mountains

AGRICULTURE

• Millions of sheep, cattle, horses, camels and goats
• Referred to as "the five animals"
• Only 1% of land used for farming
• They produce a fair amount of timber
• No aquaculture