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  2. Mongolian Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Mongolian Plateau is an inland plateau in East Asia that lies between 37°46′-53°08′N and 87°40′-122°15′E [citation needed] and has an area of approximately 3,200,000 square kilometers (1,200,000 sq mi).

  3. Holocene climatic optimum - Wikipedia

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    Winter warming of 3 to 9 °C and summer warming of 2 to 6 °C occurred in northern central Siberia. [21] The HCO was highly asynchronous in Central and East Asia, [22] though it at least occurred contemporaneously in the Loess Plateau, the Inner Mongolian Plateau, and Xinjiang. [23]

  4. History of Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    As for Mongolia itself, since the Mongolian Plateau is where the ruling Mongols of the Yuan dynasty came from, it enjoyed a somewhat special status during the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty, although the capital of the dynasty had been moved from Karakorum to Khanbaliq (modern Beijing) since the beginning of Kublai Khan's reign, and Mongolia had been ...

  5. Mongol heartland - Wikipedia

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    The Mongol heartland [1] or Mongolian heartland [2] refers to the contiguous geographical area in which the Mongol people have primarily lived, [3] especially in history books. It is generally considered to comprise the Mongolian Plateau and some adjacent territories, although its exact extent has been changing over the course of history ...

  6. Climate of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The waters around Asia are subjected to the same impacts as elsewhere, such as the increased warming and ocean acidification. [33]: 1465 There are many coral reefs in the region, and they are highly vulnerable to climate change, [33]: 1459 to the point practically all of them will be lost if the warming exceeds 1.5 °C (2.7 °F).

  7. Environmental issues in Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    Mongolia supports an innate biodiversity, owing to its unique and often undisturbed ecosystems. It has some of the last populations of the world's endangered species, and has many species that can only be found within it. However, Mongolia's biodiversity is threatened by its growing population and demand for natural resources.

  8. Oirat Confederation - Wikipedia

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    The Four Oirats (Mongolian: Дөрвөн Ойрад, romanized: Dörwön Oirad, pronounced [ˈtɵrw̜ʊ̈ɴ ˈɞe̯ɾ(ə)t]; Chinese: 四衛拉特), formerly known as the Eleuths and alternatively known as the Alliance of the Four Oirat Tribes or the Oirat Confederation, was the confederation of the Oirat tribes which marked the rise of the Western Mongols in the history of the Mongolian Plateau.

  9. Geography of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The waters around Asia are subjected to the same impacts as elsewhere, such as the increased warming and ocean acidification. [22]: 1465 There are many coral reefs in the region, and they are highly vulnerable to climate change, [22]: 1459 to the point practically all of them will be lost if the warming exceeds 1.5 °C (2.7 °F).