Indicators
The environmental figures worth knowing — from the published registry.
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Lakes
Нуур
0km
River length
Голын урт
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Springs
Булаг
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Wells
Худаг
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Glaciers
Мөсөн гол
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Weather stations
Цаг уурын харуул
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Approved projects
Батлагдсан төсөл
0km
Road length
Замын урт
Did you know?
Khövsgöl alone holds 19 516 km of rivers — 19% of the country's 102 534 km.
19 516
Khövsgöl · river length, km
102 534
National · river length, km
19%
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The latest figures, and how they have moved since recording began.
Offences in all
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2009–2019
Peak year
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363 offences
Latest year
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2019
+82%
Most were
0%
«Moderate» · 1 658 graded
How it came to light
0%
«In writing» · 1 986 records
Most recorded
Selenge
379 offences
Read 30 September 2026
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By aimag
Every aimag is an equal square, so a small one cannot disappear.
citizen.ts · AIMAG_FACTS · tiles.ts
Compare two aimags
Pick any two — bars are scaled per row.
- Area km²4 716101 019
- Lakes11 140
- River length km72419 516
- Springs22421
- Weather stations724
- Approved projects2 720130
- Offences271158
- Waste points022
citizen.ts · AIMAG_FACTS · compare.ts
Every aimag, one table
Click a column name to sort.
| Aimag | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ömnögovi | 165 143 | 385 | 18 | 253 | 543 | 508 | 53 |
| Govi Altai | 141 743 | 243 | 3 330 | 586 | 263 | 116 | 25 |
| Dornod | 123 516 | 1 152 | 3 288 | 176 | 223 | 221 | 76 |
| Bayankhongor | 115 594 | 349 | 4 875 | 285 | 286 | 152 | 81 |
| Dornogovi | 109 407 | 331 | 0 | 64 | 330 | 358 | 45 |
| Khövsgöl | 101 019 | 1 140 | 19 516 | 421 | 51 | 130 | 158 |
| Zavkhan | 82 534 | 347 | 8 471 | 254 | 108 | 68 | 73 |
| Sükhbaatar | 82 329 | 411 | 77 | 138 | 262 | 135 | 23 |
| Khentii | 80 761 | 209 | 7 616 | 247 | 183 | 223 | 78 |
| Khovd | 76 061 | 237 | 5 028 | 255 | 147 | 78 | 62 |
| Dundgovi | 74 715 | 1 478 | 63 | 57 | 288 | 156 | 8 |
| Töv | 74 019 | 460 | 6 115 | 226 | 111 | 568 | 201 |
| Uvs | 69 635 | 249 | 5 119 | 198 | 168 | 89 | 74 |
| Övörkhangai | 62 860 | 701 | 3 552 | 324 | 154 | 134 | 146 |
| Arkhangai | 55 244 | 509 | 11 014 | 211 | 87 | 83 | 76 |
| Bulgan | 48 764 | 155 | 7 444 | 155 | 84 | 122 | 73 |
| Bayan Ölgii | 45 720 | 555 | 8 045 | 62 | 27 | 63 | 68 |
| Selenge | 41 538 | 30 | 7 529 | 65 | 10 | 269 | 379 |
| Govisümber | 5 534 | 32 | 44 | 10 | 26 | 76 | 1 |
| Ulaanbaatar | 4 716 | 1 | 724 | 22 | 2 | 2 720 | 271 |
| Darkhan Uul | 3 178 | 5 | 464 | 3 | 1 | 232 | 59 |
| Orkhon | 846 | 0 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 147 | 9 |
citizen.ts · AIMAG_FACTS
Climate
Climate
Climate normals
Long-run average · 1961–1990
<-13 °C>7 °C
Most of the country is -3--1 °C — 201 areas.
Climatecitizen.ts · TEMP_NORMALS / PREC_NORMALS
Wildlife & protection
Wildlife and protection
Which animals may be hunted?
Between 2014 and 2024, 109 hunting zones were set. Mostly argali sheep and siberian ibex. Very few have been set in recent years.
Most zones
Argali sheep
4 in every 10 zones
Busiest year
2017
33 zones
Now
2–4 zones
a year, since 2022
Zones set each year
102014
27’15
18’16
33’17
13’18
—’19
—’20
—’21
2’22
2’23
42024
— = no records for 2019–2021 (not zero)
Zones per animal
43 zones · 39%
32 zones · 29%
10 zones · 9%
7 zones · 6%
5 zones · 5%
12 zones · 11%
A hunting zone is an area where a species may be hunted. These are counts of areas, not of animals taken.
Source: the hunting-permit zone register · 2026-09-30
Seen an offence?
Of the offences on record, 37% began with somebody reporting one. Yours would count too.
37%739 of 1 986 came from the public
739 through a report1 247 other routes — letters, police and so on
What you can report
Illegal loggingPoachingFly-tippingPolluting a riverIllegal mining
How the figure is made
| Reports of a crime | 273 |
| By telephone | 263 |
| Citizen or company complaint | 203 |
| Reports — total | 739 |
| In writing · official letter | 470 · 254 |
| Police officer in person | 370 |
| In person (unrecorded who) | 96 |
| Found directly | 57 |
| All | 1 986 |
Source: the environmental offence register, 1 986 records · of 2 039 offences, 53 do not say
Chart views· Графикийн хэлбэр
By year
One series, four shapes — pick whichever reads best
The register has no 2017 or 2018 rows. A line drawn across them would say offences fell and recovered, which this data does not support.
Top 12 aimags
Counted from the map layers — changing the measure reorders them
Lakes — most is in Dundgovi (1 478); the 12th is Dornogovi (331).