[:ja]NASAの観測衛星Aquaが撮影したモンゴル🇲🇳の冬です。雪が国土の広範な部分を覆っています。モンゴルはユーラシアの内陸国で、大陸性気候のため、冬は-20度を下回る厳寒となります。現在、モンゴルは2年連続で厳しい冬になり、雪と氷で多くの家畜や野生動物に影響が出ると予測されています。
寒候季の厳しい状態のことをモンゴル語でゾド（寒雪害、Dzud）と言いますが、ゾドが数日続くと、雪氷により、牧草と水の摂取が困難になり、放牧されている家畜が大量に餓死する直接的な原因となります。2016年には100万頭の家畜が命を失いました。
ゾドの様子はこちらです。
Credit: United Nations Development Programme Mongolia
参考文献： Snow Blankets Northern Mongolia
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[Earthview Wonders] No.167: Mongolia🇲🇳
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured Mongolia🇲🇳 in winter. Snow covers an extensive area of the country. Mongolia is an Eurasian inland state and its continental climate brings harsh winter with lower than -20C temperature. Mongolia is currently faced with an unusually cold and snowy winter for the second year in a row with potentially serious damage to a large number of animals.
The Mongolian term for this extremely severe winter condition is called “Dzud”. If dzud continues for several days, a large number of livestock starve to die due to being unable to graze. In 2016 more than 1 million cattle died during dzud.
The scene of dzud on the ground is as follows (Credit: United Nations Development Programme Mongolia).
Credit: United Nations Development Programme Mongolia
Reference: Snow Blankets Northern Mongolia
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.167: Mongolia🇲🇳
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured Mongolia🇲🇳 in winter. Snow covers an extensive area of the country. Mongolia is an Eurasian inland state and its continental climate brings harsh winter with lower than -20C temperature. Mongolia is currently faced with an unusually cold and snowy winter for the second year in a row with potentially serious damage to a large number of animals.
The Mongolian term for this extremely severe winter condition is called “Dzud”. If dzud continues for several days, a large number of livestock starve to die due to being unable to graze. In 2016 more than 1 million cattle died during dzud.
The scene of dzud on the ground is as follows (Credit: United Nations Development Programme Mongolia).
Credit: United Nations Development Programme Mongolia
Reference: Snow Blankets Northern Mongolia
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]