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Transportation in Mongolia

Mongolian Transportation

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Railways: total: 1,810 km broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)

Highways:

Waterways: 580 km note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2007)

Pipelines:

Ports and harbors:

Merchant marine: total: 77 by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 44, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 6, vehicle carrier 1 foreign-owned: 53 (China 1, Germany 4, Indonesia 1, North Korea 1, South Korea 1, Lebanon 2, Russia 9, Singapore 9, Thailand 1, Ukraine 1, Vietnam 23) (2008)

Airports: 44 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 12 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 32 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2008)

Heliports: 1 (2007)