Darkhad depression

The Darkhad Depression in northern Mongolia is a stunningly beautiful landscape in one of the most remote regions of the least densely populated country in the world. The impressive Horidol Saridag mountains rise up on the southeast side of the basin, while the high altitude Ulaan Taiga comprises the western border, and the Khog, Shishged, and Tengis rivers cross the basin, eventually emptying into the Yenisei River in Siberia. Darkhad depression has more than 100 rivers and about 300 lakes. And if you want to say that this basin is 150 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide, these three words are rejected. The Shishged basin, which can be called the blue depression of Darkhad or the blue pearl, is truly amazing. More than 300 lakes sparkled here and there like broken mirrors. At the intersection of the great boreal forests of the Siberian Taiga and the grassy plains of the Mongolian Steppe, the Darkhad is at a literal crossroads for both nature and culture. A mix of traditional hunting and herding lifeways sustain the nomadic Tuvan reindeer herders and Darkhad sheep-yak-horse-camel herders that live there.