By Felix Belevan
Angel Cabrera

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China
◦ 35 00 N, 105 00 E
Mongolia
◦ 46 00 N, 105 00 E
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China
◦ time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington,
DC during Standard Time)
note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time zone
Mongolia
◦ time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington,
DC during Standard Time)
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China
◦ coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum,
◦ lead, zinc, uranium
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Mongolia
◦ oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
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China
◦ the continent is a product of complex, long-term interaction between the Siberia,
Tarim, North China,
Yangtze, South China,
Indian and Pacific palaeoplates plus other relatively small plates or blocks.
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China
◦ Along the converging margins of these plates, fold zones formed as a result of the plate collisions, whereas in the centers of the plates, basins and plains were developed because of stable tectonic settings and sedimentation
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Mongolia
◦ here are hot springs as a result of shifting plate
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Regional geology:
◦ The geology of Mongolia is complex
◦ geological maps reveal the variety and complexity of rock types and structures, with representatives of all geological ages from
Precambrian to Tertiary tectonics
◦ The rocks record successive episodes of terrane accretions and consequent deformation. These tectonic boundaries encompass
‘plates’: collections of smaller terranes which formed as continental fragments were successively plastered against, and welded together
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 mostly mountains high plateaus, deserts in west plains, deltas, and hills in east
High possibility of earthquakes
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Much of eastern Mongolia is occupied by a plain, and the lowest area is a southwestto-northeast trending depression that reaches from the Gobi Desert region in the south to the eastern frontier.
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Mongolia has three major mountain ranges. The highest is the Altai Mountains, which stretch across the western and the southwestern regions of the country on a northwest-tosoutheast axis. The Khangai
Mountains, mountains also trending northwest to southeast, occupy much of central and north-central Mongolia. These are older, lower, and more eroded mountains, with many forests and alpine pastures. The
Khentii Mountains near the
Russian border to the northeast of Ulaanbaatar, are lower still.
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China
◦ lowest point: Turpan
Pendi -154 m
 .085 PSI
◦ highest point:
Mount Everest
8,850 m
 4.9 PSI
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Mongolia
◦ lowest point: Hoh
Nuur 518 m
 .286 PSI
◦ highest point:
Nayramadlin Orgil
(Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m
 2.43 PSI
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China
◦ 2 nd in the world
◦ 5,010,170 in thousands of metric tons
◦ Percentage of total emissions in reference to world: 18.4 %
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Mongolia
◦ 97nth in world
◦ 8,553 in thousands of metric tons
◦ Percentage of total emissions in reference to world:
Less than 0.1 %
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City side
(China)
◦ more car emissions and factory fumes
◦ less plants to filter out the CO2
◦ more respiration
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Country Side (Mongolia)
◦ more plants and trees which act as air filterers
◦ less cars, factories
◦ less respiration
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The enormous expanse of Asia and its abundance of mountain barriers and inland depressions have resulted in great differences between regions in solar radiation, atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and climate as a whole.
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China
◦ Hong Kong
 Humidity: 94%
◦ Beijing
 Humidity: 44%
◦ Shanghai
 Humidity:77%
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Mongolia
◦ Choir
 Humidity:71%
◦ Ulan Bator
 Humidity:63%
◦ Altai
 Humidity:42%
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The Nanling overlooks the part of China where a tropical climate permits two crops of rice to be grown each year.
Subtropical in the south to subarctic in the north.
Monsoon winds, caused by differences in the heatabsorbing capacity of the continent and the ocean, dominate the climate.
Alternating seasonal air-mass movements and accompanying winds are moist in summer and dry in winter
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The advance and retreat of the monsoons account in large degree for the timing of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall throughout the country. Very humid.
Tremendous differences in latitude, longitude, and altitude give rise to sharp variations in precipitation and temperature within
China. Although most of the country lies in the temperate belt, its climatic patterns are complex thus
◦ China has both marine or continental climates.
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Mongolia is high, cold, and dry. It has an extreme continental climate with long, cold winters and short summers, during which most precipitation falls.
Average temperatures over most of the country are below freezing from November through March and are about freezing in April and October.
Summer extremes reach as high as 38° C in the southern Gobi region and 33° C in Ulaanbaatar.
Most of Mongolia is covered by discontinuous permafrost
(grading to continuous at high altitudes)
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Mongolia's weather is characterized by extreme variability and shortterm unpredictability in the summer, and the multiyear averages conceal wide variations in precipitation, dates of frosts, and occurrences of blizzards and spring dust storms.
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Known as "the land of blue sky",
Mongolia is a remarkable sunny country enjoying 250 sunny days a year. Mongolia has warm summers and extremely cold winters. The country has the world's most typical continental climate with extreme diurnal and annual ranges of temperature.
Some of the most dramatic examples we see come from retreating glaciers in high mountains or melting polar ice sheets.
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China
◦ Pacific Ocean
 Salinity varies by latitude.
 The water near the equator is less salty than that found in the mid-latitudes
 Poleward of the temperate latitudes salinity is low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in these frigid areas.
Mongolia
◦ Landlocked
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China
◦ frequent typhoons
◦ damaging floods
◦ Tsunamis
◦ earthquakes
◦ droughts
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Mongolia
◦ dust storms
◦ grassland and forest fires
◦ harsh winter conditions
◦ earthquakes in the north and west
◦ Zud (extreme winter conditions)
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China
◦ Deciduous Forest
Biome
◦ temperate grassland
◦ Desert
◦ temperate forests
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Mongolia
◦ Taiga (a subarctic, barren coniferous forest)
◦ Gobi (desert)
◦ Central Steppe (a dry grassy plain)
◦ Altai (mountains and valleys)
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China
◦ 1,330,044,605
◦ Post-productive
◦ Growth in area
0.629%
◦ Nation is trying to stabilize itself due to the high cost of living
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Mongolia
◦ 2,996,081
◦ Reproductive
◦ Growth in area
1.493%
◦ Nation is growing, and demanding more resources
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