Ulaanbaatar
Over fifty percent of total territory covered by snow
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. According to the National Agency for
Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, over 50 percent the country’s
territory has been blanketed with snow as of November 20.
In particular, snow depth of over 20 cm was recorded
in Altai, Khangai, Khentii, Khovsgol mountains, Kharkhiraa Turgen
mountains and Khan Khukhii mountains. Numrug and Tsagaanchuluut soums of
Zavkhan aimag, Galuut soum of Bayankhongor, Tuvshruuleh soum of Arkhangai as
well as Erdenetsagaan soum of Sukhbaatar aimag have been covered with thick snow
between 10 cm and 20 cm.
Dzud risk map shows that about 40 percent of the country is
at high risk (highest 6.0%, high 30.4%) and almost 30 percent (28.2%) is moderate risk. Among the provinces, Bayankhongor aimag is at the highest risk of dzud,
eastern part of Gobi-Altai and entire territories of Uvurkhangai and Dundgobi
aimags and some parts of Umnugobi, Dornogobi, Tuv and Sukhbaatar aimags are considered
to be at high risk. It means that these aimags are likely to suffer severe winter
and spring conditions.
Last summer, Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, Umnugobi, Uvurkhangai
and Dundgobi aimags experinced drought and poor grass growth, low yield per
hectare, overgrazing, insufficient water supply, tiredness from migrations, insufficient
strength of animals, inadequate fodder resources and high market prices are increasing the risk of dzud.
