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Freshwater
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Nested target: Rivers, lakes, flyways, salmonids, sturgeon, peatlands.

The freshwater ecosystem of Mongolia does play an important role both at national local and international level. ASER and AHEC gives life to three of the world’s ten largest rivers – the Ob’, the Yenisey (ASER) and Amur (AHEC), with a combined total watershed of over 7.5 million km2. These three rivers are crucial for the quality and health of freshwater ecosystems for an area as large as Europe.

The endorheic Great Lakes Basin of western Mongolia is an aggregation of several closed inland depressions represent a globally outstanding assemblage of distinct landscapes, including high mountain ranges with glaciated peaks, deep and wide valleys, forests, forest steppes, large lake and wetland complexes, semi- desert areas, and the Gobi Desert.

The Mongolian part of AHEC ecoregion also has more than 400 smaller lakes covering a total area of about 1,450 square kilometers. Over 1.7% (26,297 sq.km) of Mongolia is covered by peatlands standing as 16th largest peatland occurring country.

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© WWF Mongolia
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