Mongolia by William Beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4 en-us 2017-03-21 18:19:01 UTC 2017-03-23 18:44:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png Exports 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161621611 Mongolia is a large exporter of coal and crude oil. ]]> 2017-03-21 18:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161621611 Mongolia 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161623605
Mongolia is a wonderful country spanning 603,908 square miles. Mongolia shears borders with Russia, china, and Kazakhstan and is famous for its nomadic past and wide mountainous terrain that covers huge portions of the country. Seventy two percent of Mongolia's people live in cities leaving its planes and mounts sparsely populated. Mongolia's main exports are minerals, clothing, livestock, animal products, cashmere, fluorite, machinery and equipment fuel, cars, food products. And, Im lucky enough to travel there, this is my story.]]> 2017-03-21 18:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161623605 Day one 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161625068
The plane ride was normal enough, first I flew over the Atlantic to Berlin and from there I went to moscow and I managed to snag a flight to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. By this time it was about three thirty P.M. and I wasn't ready to check in to my hotel so i visited Choijin Lama Temple, A Buddhist monastery made up of a complex of sit temples.]]> 2017-03-21 18:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161625068 New Ulaanbaatar International Airport 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161627066 2017-03-21 18:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161627066 Day two 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161628516 Today after eating a wonderful breakfast of gambir or pancakes I
 headed off to the “flaming cliffs”,  in the gobi desert in the province of Omnogovi. After several hours of driving me and my guide arrived at around noon at the massive sandstone cliffs. These cliffs are home to many dinosaur fossils such as The following are dinosaur fossils that have been found in the Flaming Cliffs.:
Gallimimus, Deinocheirus, Alioramus, Tarbosaurus, Mononykus, Saurornithoides, Velociraptor,Therizinosaurus, Charonosaurus, Saurolophus,and Protoceratops. It is incredible so many remains have lasted over the centuries.



]]> 2017-03-21 18:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161628516 Gambier 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161924625 250 | g | Flour | 
1.5 | dl | Water | 
4 | tblsp. | Sugar | 
 |  | Oil or Butter | ]]> 2017-03-22 18:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161924625 Dinos 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161926463 The following are dinosaur fossils that have been found in the Flaming Cliffs.:Gallimimus, Deinocheirus, Alioramus, Tarbosaurus, Mononykus, Saurornithoides, Velociraptor,Therizinosaurus, Charonosaurus, Saurolophus,and Protoceratops. It is incredible so many remains have lasted over the centuries.



]]> 2017-03-22 18:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161926463 Day three 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161932069 Today i will be visiting khovsgol lake in tunka national park. Khovsgol lake is over two million years old. The average depth of this like is 453’ and its deepest point is 876’. This magnificent lake has a volume of 115.3 cubic miles. Khovsgol has a massive elevation of over 5000 feet. I will hike some of the trails weaving through the surrounding mountains and pine.

]]> 2017-03-22 18:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161932069 Frozen solid 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161934273 During harsh mongolian winters lakw Khovsgol freezes deep enugh for cars to be supported]]> 2017-03-22 18:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161934273 Fun facts 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161937101 1.645m above sea level
one of the cleanest sources in the world]]> 2017-03-22 18:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/161937101 Day four 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/162230854 I woke up around 4am this morning and hoped into the buss takeing me to Altai Tavan Bogd National park home to the  highest Mongolian mountains, three large lakes and one glacier called the Potanini. This park spanns 2,456 mi²s 

Established: 1996




]]> 2017-03-23 18:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/162230854 Potanini Glacier 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/162233499 This glacier is the longest in Mongolia at 14 miles long. Unfortunately this massive glacier is shrinking.]]> 2017-03-23 18:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/162233499 Day five 22william_beauvais https://padlet.com/22william_beauvais/p52um0arx0l4/wish/162236190 Today my trip will come to an end but I will make the best of it by visiting Khustain Nuruu National Park before I leave. The 
 Tuul River runs through the park. Im planning to take a short horseback tour then ill pack up and head back home, ill miss this place. Guess Im going to have to come back.





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  •    "Mongolia." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2017, https://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=105. 
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  • "Building Boom." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2011, https://online.culturegrams.com/gallery/index.php?referid=2.
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  •    "Mongolia: Economy." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2017, https://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country_sections.php?cid=105&cn=Mongolia&sname=Economy&snid=19. 
  •    "Mongolia: Government." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2017, https://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country_sections.php?cid=105&cn=Mongolia&sname=Government&snid=18. 
  • "Sun Dog in Darkhan." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2010, https://online.culturegrams.com/gallery/?id=33.\
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