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ARKHANGAI
 Arkhangai
Aimag can claim to be Switzerland in Mongolia – amazingly
beautiful scenery of mountains, cliffs, rapid rivers, and
green forest. Arkhangai Aimag occupies 55.300 square kilometers,
and has a population of 98.300 inhabitants. The administrative
center is the town of Tsetserleg, situated on the southern
foot of the mountain of Bulgan Uul, at an altitude of 1.691
meters above sea level, and 463 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar.
Lake of Ugii Nuur
Ugii Nuur is a lake, 1.337 meters above sea level in Ugii
Nuur soumin Arkhangai aimag. It covers 25 square kilometers,
and is rich in Perch and pike. The catch possible from the
lake of Ugii Nuur is 50 tons a year. Swan Goose, White Spoonbill
and Dalmatian Pelican have been recorded.
Sacred pinnacle of granite
Taihar Chuluu is a mysterious steep-sided pinnacle of granite,
25 meter high; almost impossible to climb-rising abruptly
from the flat grassland of the gravel spreads of the Tamir
river.
Chuluut river and its canyon
The Chuluut River rises in Egiin Davaa of the Khangai Mountain
Range and flows for 415 kilometers north to join the Ider
River, thus forming the Selenge River.
The Chuluut River flows through a sheer basalt canyon, which
extends 100 kilometers from of lava of nearby extinct volcanoes
such as Khorgo Volcano and others. The Chuluut river is rich
in fish.
 Horgo
Mountain and Terkhiin tsagaan Nuur Lake
Horgo Mountain is a dormant volcano located on the east shore
of Lake Terhiin Tsagaan (2,100 m above sea level). Horgiin
Togoo is the highest volcano crater in the Orkhon River Valley.
From the summit of this basalt-covered mountain one has a
splendid view over the whole region and the lake. The volcanic
crater of the Togoo Uul is 200m wide and 100m deep. The northern
slope is covered with Siberian Larch. One of the most interesting
sights of Horgo is the so-called Basalt. Ger, which lies on
the southern side. It is a large solidified bubble of lava
with a broken piece on one side, which makes a natural door.
The height of some of these stone gers is 1.7m. Several other
ancient volcanoes are not far from the Horgo.
Lake Terhiin Tsagaan was formed when volcanic lava dammed
the Suman River, cutting a large gorge through the basalt.
It is an astonishingly beautiful lake, 20 km long, 16 km wide
and 4 to 10 meters deep with an altitude of 2,060m above sea
level.
Choidogiin Borgio
Choidogiin Borgio is a waterfall cascading from the Chuluut
and Suman rivers confluence, over a sheer cliff with a height
of 2 meters. It is interesting to watch fish in the waterfall.
Several other waterfalls interrupt the flow of the Chuluut
River.
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