Uvs aymag (Увс аймаг) is one of the 21 provinces of Mongolia. It is located in the west of Mongolia. Its capital is Ulaangom. Parts of the steppe in this province are protected as the World Heritage SiteUvs Nuur Basin. Ulaangom is the captial of the province of Uvs aymag in Mongolia. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Image File history File links MN_Uvs-aymag. ... Mongolia is divided into 21 aymags (provinces). ... Ulaangom is the captial of the province of Uvs aymag in Mongolia. ... World Heritage Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... Satellite shot of the Uvs Nuur Basin. ...
Mongolia's eastern provinces of Dornod, Suhbaatar, and Hentii are dominated by grassy steppe, a geography that suits the region's major economy— sheep, cattle, and horse breeding.
Dornod is the farthest east of Mongolia's provinces (2000 population 75,000, area 123,000 square kilometers), famous for free-ranging herds of antelope that often number in the thousands.
The farthest west of Mongolia's provinces, Bayan Olgii (2000 population 91,000, area 46,000 square kilometers) is unique among the Mongolian aimags in that the majority of its inhabitants are a non-Mongolian speaking ethnic group—the Kazakhs.
Lake Uvs and its surrounding wetlands are situated in the province of Uvs, ca.
Lake Uvs is 84 km long, 79 km wide, has an average depth of 11.9 m, a maximum depth of 20 m, a water temperature of 18°-25°C in July, a salinity of 12.6 g/l (varies due to excessive precipitation and evaporation), a pH of ca.
The Lake Uvs basin belongs to the Altai-Sayan and is part of the 200 eco-regions identified by WWF that should be protected internationally.
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