Dornogovi Aimag (Province)
Dornogovi aimag is located in eastern steppe of Mongolia, bordering with Dornogovi, Umnugovi, Dundgovi, Govisumber, Khentii, and Sukhbaatar aimags and to the PR of China for about 600km. Entire aimag is in Gobi zone, so that the area is a combination of gobi and steppe. But, some smaller mountains such as Otsol, Sansar, Ikh and Baga Dulaan and Argalant, and a huge valley in the heart of the Dornogovi that stretches from northeast to southwest exist in this aimag.
Since the aimag's territory entirely belongs to gobi and steppe zone, the main soil type is gobi brown soil. There are many large sand dunes in Dornogovi. Land surface has moraine from cenozoic era and numerious fluoride minefields are found in this region.
Findings of old stone age were found from Khavtsal valley of Delgerekh sum, findings from middle and new stone age are being found from Dulaan Gobi of Erdene sum and Durvuntein Khond of Khatanbulag sum.
Dundgovi aimag (Province)
Dundgovi aimag borders with Uvurkhangai, Umnugovi, Tuv and Dornogovi aimags. From the northern point Khar Tolgoi hill to southern point Uvurtsagaan Ders is 280km, from the western point Dulaan mountain to eastern point Khukh Del hillock is 425km. The highest elevation of the steppe is at 1,530m above the sea level, lowest is 980m and the highest mountain Delgerkhangai is at 1,913m above sea level. This region is rich with mineral resources. 33 kinds of minerals such as coal, spar, tin, zinc, alebaster, iron, gold, silver, uranium, natural coloration and 81 mine sites, 140 deposits have been explored and studied.
In the hinder and central parts of the region wild herbacious plants are commonly found. In the onward territories mostly gobi vegetation dominates the area. There are many woody plants like wormwood, sagebrush, agropyron, wild leek, Mongolian sort of onion, cleistogenes, shrubberry, straw, tumbleweed, goosefoot, nettle, artemisia pectinata, caragana, caragana microphylla, caragana spinosa, saksaul are widely found. Also, highly nutricious and piquant plants such as salsola passerina, reaumuria, liquorice, cynanchum grow in this region.
