Matad

Matad lies on the eastern Mongolian steppe, a country of wide grasslands and low hills. It takes its name from Matad Khan Mountain, a locally revered height rising above the plain. The surrounding steppe forms part of a vast open landscape where Mongolian gazelles move across great distances. Grassland and scattered wetlands provide pasture and habitat in a region whose horizons extend towards the lakes of Hulun and Buir.