The southern part is on roughly the same latitude as Rome (Italy) and Chicago (USA). The southern portion of Mongolia is taken up by the Gobi Desert, while the northern and western portions are mountainous.
-The western part of Mongolia is on roughly the same longitude as Kolkata in India.
-The eastern part is on the same longitude as Qinhuangdao and Hangzhou in China, as well as the western edge of Taiwan.
-The geography of Mongolia is varied, with the Gobi Desert to the south and cold, mountainous regions to the north and west.
-The highest point in Mongolia is the Khüiten Peak in the Tavan bogd massif in the far west at 4,374 m (14,350 ft). The basin of the Uvs Lake, shared with Tuva Republic in Russia, is a natural World Heritage Site.
Climate
-Sunny days last over 250 days a year that is why Mongolia is called “The Land of the Eternal Blue Sky”.
-Most of the country is hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter, with January averages dropping as low as −30 °C (−22 °F).
-The annual average temperature in Ulaanbaatar is −1.3 °C (29.7 °F), making it the world's coldest capital city.
-Precipitation is highest in the north (average of 200 to 350 millimeters (8 to 14 in) per year) and lowest in the south, which receives 100 to 200 millimeters (4 to 8 in) annually.
Wildlife
-The name "Gobi" is a Mongol term for a desert steppe, which usually refers to a category of arid rangeland with insufficient vegetation to support marmots but with enough to support camels. Mongols distinguish Gobi from desert proper, although the distinction is not always apparent to outsiders unfamiliar with the Mongolian landscape.
-The arid conditions in the Gobi are attributed to the rain shadow effect caused by the Himalayas. Before the Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian plate with the Eurasian plate 10 million years ago.
-Sea turtle and mollusk fossils have been found in the Gobi, apart from well-known dinosaur fossils. Tadpole shrimps (Lepidurus mongolicus) are still found in the Gobi today. -The eastern part of Mongolia including the Onon and Kherlen rivers and Lake Buir form part of the Amur river basin draining to the Pacific Ocean.