Hustai National Park lies in the foothills of the southern Khenti Mountain Range about 100km south west of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. It takes its name (sometimes also known as Khustain Nuruu National Park) from birch trees growing in surrounding mountain forests. In Mongolian khustai means "with birch" and nuruu means "mountains".
The park's area was used at the turn of the century as a hunting ground for Bogd Khaan, the last ruling Khaan of Mongolia, and afterwards by Mongolian political officials. While nomads have also used the park as a pasture reserve for their stock, the park has never had a permanent settlement or been used for agriculture. This limited use has allowed the preservation of one of the world's most threatened ecosystems: steppe. Steppe and forest steppe are being destroyed throughout Central Asia, along with their endemic genetic resources, through ploughing for cultivation, overgrazing, excessive burning or wood collection. |
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Karakorum, ruined city, central Republic of Mongolia, near the Orkhon River, SW of Ulaanbaatar. The area around Karakorum had been inhabited by nomadic Turkic tribes from the 1st cent. A.D., but the city itself was not laid out until c.1220, when Jenghiz Khan, founder of the Mongol empire, established his residence there. As capital of the Mongols, Karakorum was visited (c.1247) by a papal mission under Giovanni Carpini. |
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Mountains - Trekkers' Heaven Mongolia is a mountainous country with the Mongolian Altai and Gobi Altai mountain ranges extending from west to south while the Hangai and Hentii mountains share the central and east northern part of the country. |
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