More languages soon. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! 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 Mongolian Plateau is the part of the Central Asian Plateau lying between 37°46′-53°08′N and 87°40′-122°15′E and having an area of approximately 3,200,000 square kilometres (1,200,000 sq mi). The plateau was inhabited and conquered by various groups, including (chronologically) the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Göktürks, Tang dynasty, Liao dynasty, Mongol Empire, and Qing dynasty. While a few lakes such as East Juyan Lake and Had Paozi have grown, on average the total surface area of lakes has shrunk by 30%. It has an elevation of roughly 1,000 to 1,500 meters, with the lowest point in Hulu… This study provides a comprehensive satellite-based evaluation of lake shrinkage across the plateau, and finds a greater decreasing rate of the number of … 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. [2][3], "Shrinking Lakes on the Mongolian Plateau", "Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau", "Vegetation response to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau from 2000 to 2010", "Mongolian Plateau region, Mongolia and China", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mongolian_Plateau&oldid=962667012, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Chinese-language text, Mongolia articles missing geocoordinate data, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 June 2020, at 10:38. The MP contains arid and semiarid regions controlled by the westerlies and the … It's free to use and each article or document can be downloaded. Copper, molybdenum, fluorite, uranium, gold, and silver are other important minerals. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia (Dornogovi, Sükhbaatar, Ömnögovi, Bayankhongor, Govi-Altai, Dornod Provinces). Mongolian Plateau, extensive northeastern highland region of the great plateau of Central Asia, covering an area of approximately 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 square km) in east-central Asia. The dry continental climate is characterized by an annual rainfall of about 8 inches (200 mm), and the mean temperatures of the warmest and coldest months vary over an enormous range. Mongolian Plateau, extensive northeastern highland region of the great plateau of Central Asia, covering an area of approximately 1,000,000 square miles (2,600,000 square km) in east-central Asia. It's a tool, resource or reference for study, research, education, learning or teaching, that can be used by teachers, educators, pupils or students; All the information was extracted from Wikipedia, and it's available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The plateau includes the Gobi Desert as well as dry steppe regions. It gives a brief definition of each concept and its relationships. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences - Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau. The plateau, which includes the Gobi together with areas of dry short-grass steppe, ranges in elevation from 3,000 to 5,000 feet (915 to 1,525 m) above sea level. It is divided politically and geographically by the Gobi (desert) into the independent state of Mongolia (also called Outer Mongolia) in the north and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China in the south. The highest point is Mönh Hayrhan Peak (14,311 feet [4,362 m]) in the Mongolian Altai Mountains. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Catalan, Czech, Hebrew, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Greek, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Filipino, Latvian, Estonian and Slovenian.