Khongoryn Els
The highest part of the Khongor sand dunes is called Duut Dunkhan. The locals gave it this name because when you lie on the sand looking up, you can hear the sound of a plane taking off.
Khongoryn Els is located in the Sevrey and Bayandalai soums of Umnugovi aimag and is a sand dune that extends for about 180 km behind the Sevrey and Zoeleng ranges. It extends from northwest to southeast and has a total area of 965 sq km. The widest part of the sand is 27 km in the northwest, and the narrowest part is 800 meters in the central part. When you reach the top of the sand, you can see hundreds of dune hills continuing on. Looking at the entire area around Khongoryn Els, you can see rocky mountains in front, sand dunes that cannot grow plants in the middle, and a green oasis with a river flowing through the northern slopes.
