FINAL REPORT

Three samples show a high content of organic matter. However these samples are located at
the western border of the investigation area, bordering a nowadays used farm land. The same
is true to sample 75 with a high amount of phosphorus.
Area 3 (Khunztin Bulan, Myangad sum)
Area 3 is located 16 km north east of Buyant sum or 3, 5 km south east of Myangad sum
inside an oxbow of Khovd Gol (see Fig. 24) located. There already are cultivated potatoes,
onions and cabbage on an very suitable soil for agricultural usage. The area to be extended is
located along the river bank and in the more backward located a little bit higher niveaus of
Khovd Gol.
Khovd Gol carries a lot of water all over the year, so enough irrigation water is always
available. From the point of soil fertility there is no problem to extend the cultivation area.
Twenty onesoils and three water samples were taken for analysis (see Tab. 8). The soil inside
the old river beds, which mostly is already cultivated contains of sandy silt with a clay content
of ca. 10 %, which makes the soil very loamy. Higher sand banks accompanying the old river
beds have a top layes with aeolian sand and Achnatherum, whereas in the old river beds an
Iris and Potentilla meadow is widely spread. That is caused by different edaphical factors.
If the project aims to support areas with irrigation problems, this area can be excluded
because it has no water and, soil problems and is not suitable for “Widder”-pump installation.
From the point of nature protection the area contains fresh stands of Orchidaceae (Orchis
maculata). There are included in the Red Book of Mongolia.
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