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Glaciers of Mongolia

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The Physical Geography of Mongolia

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Abstract

In general, the mountains are elevated and the climate is dry due to the air barrier from the west and northwest in Mongolia. The cool climate is a condition for the preservation of Mongolian high mountain ranges in the glacial cover. The first part of this chapter deals with a brief history about the Mongolian glacial research, which considers factors such as climate, depressions, surface elevation, sedimentation, geographical distribution and latitude correlation. The following section shows the distribution of glaciers in the Mongol Altai, Khangai and Khuvsgul mountains, as evidenced by the changes in ancient and modern glacial traces and extent of the area as a result of the impact, causes and consequences of climate change. In the third part of the chapter, the impact of glaciers on the surface caused by surface forms and changes in the hydrological network due to global warming is considered as the example of some glacial mountains.

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    Ser-Od Tsedevdorj

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Tsedevdorj, SO. (2021). Glaciers of Mongolia. In: Yembuu, B. (eds) The Physical Geography of Mongolia. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61434-8_6

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