<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 79%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 10%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 10%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 770 sq km (1989)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> limited water resources; policies of the former communist regime promoting rapid urbanization and industrial growth have raised concerns about their negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal and the concentration of factories in Ulaanbaatar have severely polluted the air; deforestation, overgrazing, the converting of virgin land to agricultural production have increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified—Law of the Sea
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia