Bayangovi ( mn, Баянговь, also Bayangov' or Bayangobi, Rich gobi) is a
sum
Sum most commonly means the total of two or more numbers added together; see addition.
Sum can also refer to:
Mathematics
* Sum (category theory), the generic concept of summation in mathematics
* Sum, the result of summation, the additio ...
(district) of
Bayankhongor Province in south-eastern
Mongolia. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres south of the lake
Orog Nuur, 170 km from provincial capital
Bayankhongor
Bayankhongor ( mn, Баянхонгор, lit=''righ soft'', or ''rich sweetheart'') is the capital of the Bayankhongor Province (aimag) in Mongolia. The administration of the Bayankhongor Sum (district) is also located in the same place. The city ...
and 650 km south-west of
Ulaanbaatar. Bayangovi is surrounded by the
Ikhee Bogd mountain range, and by desert.
Outside the small town of Bayangovi are a number of desert sites of natural and cultural interest.
About 90 km east of Bayangovi lies
Tsagaan Agui. The
cave once housed
Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with t ...
human beings 700,000 years ago and features a crystal-lined inner chamber. At Tsagaan Bulag, 18 km south, a white rock outcrop has the faint imprint of an anthropomorphic figure. Sixty-six kilometres south-west of Bayangovi is the
petrified forest at Ulaan Shand. The area is littered with stone
logs and
stumps
In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. '' Stumping'' or ''being stumped'' is a method of dismissing a batsman.
The umpire ''calling stumps'' means the play is over for the day.
Part of ...
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References
Populated places in Mongolia
Districts of Bayankhongor Province
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