Editing Geography of Mongolia (section)

=== Seasonal blizzards ===
[[Image:Mongolia.A2003355.0615.500m.jpg|thumb|right|Snow covers Mongolia in patches in this image from December 21, 2003. Snowfall is normally light and blows away quickly during the winter, so to see this much snow on the ground at once is rather unusual.]]

Severe blizzards can occur in the region. The winters of 1970–1971, 2000–2001, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 were particularly harsh, featuring extremely severe zuds.

The [[blizzards]] of December 2011 blocked many roads, and killed 16,000 livestock and 10 people.<ref name="archives.cnn.com">{{cite web | title=Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | website=CNN | date=2014-02-19 | url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/weather/12/06/weather.mongolia.reut/index.html | access-date=2020-10-30 | archive-date=2013-03-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324232549/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/weather/12/06/weather.mongolia.reut/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="adrc.asia">{{Cite web|url=https://www.adrc.asia/|title=Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）|website=www.adrc.asia|access-date=2020-10-30|archive-date=2021-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504050514/https://www.adrc.asia/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Mongolian State Emergency Commission]] said it was the coldest winter in thirty years and, like the preceding harsh summer [[drought]],<ref name="archives.cnn.com"/><ref name="adrc.asia"/> could have been the result of [[global warming]]. The [[United Nations]] provided major aid due to the high level of damage caused.<ref>[http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/reports/daily/ocha_R10_E13681_asof___1001131504.pdf]{{Dead link|date=December 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

In the [[snowstorms]] between the 8 and 28 May 2008, 21 people were killed and 100 others went missing in seven provinces in eastern Mongolia.<ref name="channel4.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/21%20dead%20in%20mongolian%20snowstorms/2262922 |title=21 dead in Mongolian snowstorms  |access-date=2010-01-13 }}{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90851/6420239.html|title=Heavy snowstorm kills 21 in Mongolia - People's Daily Online|website=en.people.cn|access-date=2020-10-30|archive-date=2012-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011011210/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6420239.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/snowstorm-kills-21-in-mongolia_10053779.html |title=Snowstorm kills 21 in Mongolia - Thaindian News |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222945/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/snowstorm-kills-21-in-mongolia_10053779.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The toll finally reached at least 52 people and 200,000 livestock by the end of June.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/351407/1/.html |title=At least 52 dead in Mongolia snowstorm - Channel NewsAsia |access-date=2010-01-16 |archive-date=2012-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202050714/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/351407/1/.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most of the victims were herders who froze to death along with their livestock.<ref name="channel4.com"/> It was the worst [[cold wave|cold snap]] since the founding of the modern state in 1922.

Snowstorms in December 2009 – February 2010 also killed 8,000,000 livestock and 60 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4205&Itemid=36 |title=The UB Post-Leading English News - Snow Storm Casualties |access-date=2010-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118094453/http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4205&Itemid=36 |archive-date=2010-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>