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<title>
Mongolia: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Mongolia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: East Central Asia, between China and Russia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 1.565 million km2</l>
<l> land area: 1.565 million km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than Alaska</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 8,114 km, China 4,673 km, Russia 3,441 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature
ranges)
</p>
<p>Terrain: vast semidesert and desert plains; mountains in west and
southwest; Gobi Desert in southeast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten,
phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 1%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 79%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 10%</l>
<l> other: 10%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 770 km2 (1989)
</p>
<p>Environment: harsh and rugged
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia
</p></body></article></text>