Bayan-Ulgii Aimag (Province)
The aimag stretches from north to south along Mongol-Altai mountain ranges, and the distance from the northern border to the southern border is 380km, from the east border to the west is 270km. The aimag is elevated at 1,301-4,374m above the sea level, and the highest point is Altai Mountain Range’s Noyon Peak (the highest of Mongolia) at 4,373m, the lowest point is the center of Bayannuur sum at 1,301m and 95,3% of the whole territory is elevated at or more than 1,600m above the sea level. It is bordered with the People's Republic of China to the west for 450km along the Altain Mountain ranges crest, with the Russian Federation at the north along the Siilkhem mountains, to Uvs aimag to the east for 165km and to Khovd aimag to the southeast for 450km. As for the geological tectonic region, the aimag is located at the northwest side of the Mongol-Altai creases. Rich resources of tungsten steel, mixed metal, copper, gold, silver and other rare metals are found in this area. The aimag gets comparatively good supply of water and water fund in total of 2,896кm³/year which is 33.6% alone of total western region water fund. River flow extent reaches 100-300mm in most areas. Here, glacial water in the mountains is the main source to all the rivers. There are about 199 springs and 109 small and large rivers such as Sagsai, Chigirtei, Sogog and Tsagaan that join into Khovd river in this aimag.
Also, the aimag is the richest in water-energy resource among the western aimags and the resource is calculated as 2,003 million кW/year which is equals to 58.86% of the all water energy fund of the western aimags. There are 67 small and large lakes such as Tolbo, Achit and fresh water lakes from mountain glacier such as Dayan, Khurgan, Sargil, Khoton and Tal exist in this land. The aimag is considered to be the most ice over for having the most glaciated mountians in Mongolia, for example, Mongolias most glacial rivers of Potanin and Graneg exist in this aimag. Potanin glacial river area is 53.5кm².
Bayan-Ulgii aimag is famous for it's natural sightseeings including Asgat mountain, Achit Nuur lake, Bugat spring, Bulgan river, Bor Burgas river, Buraat mountain, Duruu lake, Deluun mountain, Deluun Ekh mountain, Tavan Bogd mountain, Tsambagarav mountain, Must mountain and such.
