Uvs (/uːs, uːvz/; Mongolian: Увс аймаг, romanized: Uws aimag, pronounced ; Oirat: Увс әәмг, romanized: Uws äämg, [ʊw̜s‿ˈɛːmək]), is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1,336 kilometres or 830 miles away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom which lies 936 metres or 3,070 feet above sea level. The province is named after Mongolia’s biggest lake, Uvs Lake. Parts of the steppe in this province are protected as the World Heritage Site Ubsunur Hollow. In the north the province borders Russia for 640 kilometres or 400 miles, whilst in the east 340 kilometres or 210 miles of border lies between Uvs and Zavkhan province. In the south and west it borders for 200 kilometres or 120 miles each of Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii provinces for. The province occupies 4.45 percent of the national territory, totalling 69,585 square kilometres or 26,867 square miles. Of the total area of the province, sixty percent belongs to the mountainous climatic zone, and forty percent to the Gobi semi-desert. More information...
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