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For good reason, the name 'Mongolia' has always evoked visions of the untamed - Genghis Khan, camels wandering the Gobi Desert and wild horses galloping across the steppes. But for a more rounded picture, don't forget cyber-cafes, herders chatting on mobile phones, chic cocktail bars and eco-yurts. Read Mongolia introduction
The Gobi is located in Mongolia and northern China. A plateau between higher mountains, the mainly gravel plains is the coldest, most northern desert in the world.
... Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country. It spans 1,490 miles from west to east and 783 miles from north to south, so if superimposed on Europe would stretch from Amsterdam to Moscow and from Copenhagen to Venice. The nation was bigger still during the 12th and 13th centuries when …
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