Pictures from Mongolia - Page 2

Rinchinlhumbe · July 20th, 2009, 05:43 PM

Uvs Lake, after which the aimag is named is the lowest point in entire Western Mongolia, 753 meters above sea level. Some sand dunes can be found near the shoreline

It is one of the most extreme pregions in terms of climate. In winter, -57 degrees C was recorded, in summer the temperatures rise up to 40 degrees. Uvs Nuur basin is home of the most northern desert worldwide and has the southernmost permafrost.

Time to leave this place and approach the mountains

(flickr)

Looking towards ~4000 meter Turgen and Kharkhiraa mountains

(flickr)

Rinchinlhumbe · July 20th, 2009, 05:49 PM

in the canyon

looking back

leaving the dry steppe, the first trees appear

the trees turn into forest

(all flickr)

Rinchinlhumbe · July 20th, 2009, 05:58 PM

we enter the mountains

the left sight of the valley receives enough rain to support a forest, the right os covered by dry steppe

further up the Turgen valley

some nice lakes

panoramio

Rinchinlhumbe · July 20th, 2009, 06:03 PM

it goes up, up, up

the higher the altitude, the more lush the landscape

(flickr)

finally we reach the treeline at about 2500 meters

(panoramio)

and enter the treeless plain. nomads leave the stifling hot lowlands in summer to let their cattle graze on the plains

Rinchinlhumbe · July 20th, 2009, 06:07 PM

finally we reach the top. This is Turgen mountain (4000 meters)

And this is Kharhiraa mountain, some 4100 meters high.

another view of a mountain near Turgen

Rinchinlhumbe · July 22nd, 2009, 04:45 PM

some more random pics from Western Mongolia will be posted on Friday

gabo79 · July 22nd, 2009, 06:41 PM

amazing amazing pics thaks a question Turgen and Kharhira are the highests mountains in mongolia

Juan Pilgrim · July 22nd, 2009, 06:56 PM

MONGOLIA, what an amazing place!!

tonyssa · July 23rd, 2009, 01:29 AM

Amazing pictures!

Rinchinlhumbe · July 24th, 2009, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabo79

amazing amazing pics thaks a question Turgen and Kharhira are the highests mountains in mongolia

no, there are not, Tavan Bogd (4374) and Munkh Khairkhan (4362) beside some others are higher..

as promised some random photos from the Western part of the country in lose order

once again, Kharkiraa Uul

Khovd river

(all panoramio)

Rinchinlhumbe · July 24th, 2009, 05:31 PM

roads...

(panoramio)

Rinchinlhumbe · July 24th, 2009, 05:35 PM

mountains on the horizon

grazing cattle

Olgii, a provincial capital with close to 30.000 inhaitants

(panoramio)

69Ketchup · July 24th, 2009, 05:44 PM

very funny my last name has a word Mongol loll

SkyScraperMember · July 24th, 2009, 05:46 PM

its beautiful!

i think it would be strange to live there....even in tha capital city..

Rinchinlhumbe · July 24th, 2009, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyScraperMember

its beautiful!

i think it would be strange to live there....even in tha capital city..

actually...almost nobody lives outside the capital city

I will show some photos of people, culture and also provincial towns later

gabo79 · July 24th, 2009, 06:41 PM

really beautiful stunning

***Jan Del Castillo*** · July 25th, 2009, 08:36 PM

Very nice Kharkiraa Uul, awesome. Regards.

PlayasCity · July 26th, 2009, 02:50 AM

Quite a place...!!

Interesting mountains...

And those pines, all next to each other, they're simply enchanting...

Rinchinlhumbe · July 26th, 2009, 05:12 PM

so let's have some more pines...we head north to Khovsgol aimag, which pokes Siberia into the belly

with mountains, lakes, dense forests and log cabins it has with Siberia more in common as with the rest of Mongolia. It has about the size of East Germany or Teneesse. Some quick facts: its population is about 125.000 people, mainly Khalkh Mongols but also some minorities as Dukha which are reindeer breeding nomads. Its highest mounatain, Munkhul Sarydag is at 3491 meters. Even for Mongolian standards, it is a remote region although it has one of the major tourist attractions to offer, the epitomous lake:

(www.geu.de)

Khovsgol Lake is about 130 km long and extends in average 30 km from east to west.

(flickr)

Rinchinlhumbe · July 26th, 2009, 05:21 PM

the lake is about 260km deep and cotains approx. 2% of the worlds freshwater reserves!

geologically it is one of the oldest lakes worldwide. Its altitude is 1624 meters

and surrounded by mountain ranges which exceed 3000 meters with the Munkhu Sarydak being the heighest

July 20th, 2009, 05:43 PM	#21
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	Uvs Lake, after which the aimag is named is the lowest point in entire Western Mongolia, 753 meters above sea level. Some sand dunes can be found near the shoreline It is one of the most extreme pregions in terms of climate. In winter, -57 degrees C was recorded, in summer the temperatures rise up to 40 degrees. Uvs Nuur basin is home of the most northern desert worldwide and has the southernmost permafrost. Time to leave this place and approach the mountains (flickr) Looking towards ~4000 meter Turgen and Kharkhiraa mountains (flickr) __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 20th, 2009, 05:49 PM	#22
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	in the canyon looking back leaving the dry steppe, the first trees appear the trees turn into forest (all flickr) __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 20th, 2009, 05:58 PM	#23
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	we enter the mountains the left sight of the valley receives enough rain to support a forest, the right os covered by dry steppe further up the Turgen valley some nice lakes panoramio __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 20th, 2009, 06:03 PM	#24
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	it goes up, up, up the higher the altitude, the more lush the landscape (flickr) finally we reach the treeline at about 2500 meters (panoramio) and enter the treeless plain. nomads leave the stifling hot lowlands in summer to let their cattle graze on the plains __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh Last edited by Rinchinlhumbe; July 20th, 2009 at 06:09 PM.

July 20th, 2009, 06:07 PM	#25
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	finally we reach the top. This is Turgen mountain (4000 meters) And this is Kharhiraa mountain, some 4100 meters high. another view of a mountain near Turgen __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 22nd, 2009, 04:45 PM	#26
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	some more random pics from Western Mongolia will be posted on Friday __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 22nd, 2009, 06:41 PM	#27
gabo79 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: campeche Posts: 2,642 Likes (Received): 673	amazing amazing pics thaks a question Turgen and Kharhira are the highests mountains in mongolia Last edited by gabo79; July 22nd, 2009 at 06:53 PM.

July 22nd, 2009, 06:56 PM	#28
Juan Pilgrim Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 909 Likes (Received): 11	MONGOLIA, what an amazing place!!

July 23rd, 2009, 01:29 AM	#29
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July 24th, 2009, 05:31 PM	#31
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	roads... (panoramio) __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 24th, 2009, 05:35 PM	#32
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	mountains on the horizon grazing cattle Olgii, a provincial capital with close to 30.000 inhaitants (panoramio) __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

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gabo79 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: campeche Posts: 2,642 Likes (Received): 673	really beautiful stunning

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July 26th, 2009, 02:50 AM	#38
PlayasCity La fortune de l'Europe Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow... Posts: 3,685 Likes (Received): 1	Quite a place...!! Interesting mountains... And those pines, all next to each other, they're simply enchanting... __________________ Je garde mes oignions, et vous? Animals & Urbanity - Old Towns aroud the globe BELIZE\|\|Airports of the interior - BELIZE\|\|Airlines - Paraguay: Aeropuertos del interior Postales de antaño \|\| Old postcards: Paraguay - Bolivia - Ecuador - Guatemala - Rep. Dominicana - Argentina

July 26th, 2009, 05:12 PM	#39
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	so let's have some more pines...we head north to Khovsgol aimag, which pokes Siberia into the belly with mountains, lakes, dense forests and log cabins it has with Siberia more in common as with the rest of Mongolia. It has about the size of East Germany or Teneesse. Some quick facts: its population is about 125.000 people, mainly Khalkh Mongols but also some minorities as Dukha which are reindeer breeding nomads. Its highest mounatain, Munkhul Sarydag is at 3491 meters. Even for Mongolian standards, it is a remote region although it has one of the major tourist attractions to offer, the epitomous lake: (www.geu.de) Khovsgol Lake is about 130 km long and extends in average 30 km from east to west. (flickr) __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh

July 26th, 2009, 05:21 PM	#40
Rinchinlhumbe CANNED Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Shanghai/Hamburg Posts: 2,093 Likes (Received): 33	the lake is about 260km deep and cotains approx. 2% of the worlds freshwater reserves! geologically it is one of the oldest lakes worldwide. Its altitude is 1624 meters and surrounded by mountain ranges which exceed 3000 meters with the Munkhu Sarydak being the heighest __________________ Welcome to Rinchie's world All about Shanghai EXPO 2010 Chinese cities from a different angle Pictures from Mongolia Shanghai's best kept secrets Pnom Penh Last edited by Rinchinlhumbe; July 26th, 2009 at 05:29 PM.

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