Geography and Ecology of Cryogenic Soils of Mongolia

Mongolia stretches for nearly 1200 km north to south and covers over 10 latitudinal degrees (from 52°04’N to 41°48’N), with forested mountains in the north and desert depressions in the south. Naturally, the latitudinal zonality influences the distribution of permafrost-affected soils; they decrease from north to south. Relevant literature (Melnikov, 1974; Lonzhid, 1966; Tumurbator, 1975, and others) describes geocryological conditions of Mongolia and provides information on historical records of studies, actual and paleocryological conditions, and the division of the area into geocryological regions.