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Mongolian Plateau
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Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 蒙古高原
- Simplified chinese
- 蒙古高原
- Hanyu pinyin
- Ménggǔ Gāoyuán
- Bopomofo
- ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄠ ㄩㄢˊ
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- plateau
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Shares border with
- Tibetan Plateau
- Location
- Inner Asia
- Image
- Lone Tree - Mongolia Landscape.jpg
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- Category:Plateaus of Mongolia
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- native label
- ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠡᠭᠰᠢ ᠥᠨᠳᠥᠷᠯᠢᠭ
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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.
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