What do you think of when you hear the word Asia? The first thing that comes to mind is China, India, Russia and Japan. Well, there is a small country completely swallowed up by Russia and China, Mongolia. Mongolia is the size of Western Europe and is landlocked. Mongolia is a large country with different physical characteristics, but one main way of life (although it is changing nowadays). Mongolia borders Russia and China and its coordinates are 46 00 N, 105 00 E, and the capital and most populous city is Ulan Bator. Ulaanbaatar has 9 districts, the city has an area of ​​4,70.4 km2, has a population of 1,226,991 inhabitants (Mongolia). Ulaanbator is located in the Tuul River Valley, 1,351 meters above sea level. 50% of Mongolia's population lives in the capital. The first establishment in Ulaanbaatar was the Ger Palace, built by Jebtsundamba-Zanabazar (Ulaanbaatar). The climate of Mongolia is desert and in some areas extremely continental. Mongolia has long, cold winters and short summers (Mongolia). In the north of the country rainfall averages 20-35 cm per year, while in the south it averages 10-20 cm. In the south is the Gobi Desert and the desert area receives little or no precipitation. The average temperature in winter is -13°F, and in summer the average is 65°F (Mongolia Weather). There are blizzards in the winter and dust storms in the spring. Mongolia's physical characteristics are many. Most of the terrain is elevated. Mongolia has vast semi-arid desert plains, steppes, mountains in the west and the Gobi Desert in the southern/central part of the country. The three main mountain ranges are the Altai Mountains, the Khentii Mountains and the Khangai (Sanders) Mountains. Some significant physical features include the Gobi Desert, the...... middle of paper......Mongolian language lessons. Np, nd Web. 05 December 2013. "On the nomadic culture of Mongolia." TRAVEL COMPANIONS: On the nomadic culture of Mongolia. Travel and Tour Companions, 11 February 2012. Web. 05 December 2013. "Weather, climate of Mongolia | Average temperature." Weather, climate of Mongolia | Average temperature. Np, nd Web. 05 December 2013. .Jiang, Steven. "Trouble in Mongolia". Problems in Mongolia. Np, nd Web. 06 December 2013. “Mongolia Facing Food Challenges.” Worldvision-institut.de, World Vision and Web. 6 December 2013. http://www.worldvision institut.de/_downloads/allgemein/Food%20security%20in%20Mongolia.pdf.