Mongolian Plateau

The Mongolian Plateau or Altai Plateau is a plateau in East Asia. This plateau covers about . In the east of the plateau, there are the Greater Hinggan Mountains. There are the Yin Mountains to the south. There are the Altai Mountains to the west. There are the Sayan and Khentii mountains to the north of this region. The plateau has the Gobi Desert and many dry steppe areas. It has an elevation of about . The lowest point is in the Hulunbuir. The highest point is in the Altai Mountains.

All of Mongolia is part of the plateau. The plateau also has parts of China and Russia. Inner Mongolia and part of the Dzungarian basin in Xinjiang have the Chinese parts of the plateau. In Russia, the plateau forms Transbaikal, part of Buryatia, and the southern Irkutsk Oblast. The Mongolian Plateau is part of the Mongol heartland.

Geography

The average elevation of the Mongolian Plateau is from  above sea level. The highest point in the plateau is found in Tavan Bogd. Taven Bogd is  above sea level.

Related pages
Lop Nur
Taklamakan Desert

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Category:Plateaus
Category:Landforms of Asia
Category:Geography of Mongolia
Category:Geography of China
Category:Geography of Russia
Category:Geography of East Asia