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From: Stream invertebrate communities of Mongolia: current structure and expected changes due to climate change

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Map showing the Mongolian watersheds (Figure 1A) with the different drainages (light gray lines) and standing water-bodies (dark gray areas). The bold circles (Figure1A) are the locations of the sampled stream-sites included in this study. Figure 1A shows the three Mongolia watersheds separated by a bold lines (same bold lines are shown in Figure 1C), AOW is for the Arctic Ocean Watershed, CAIW is for the Central Asian Internal Watershed and POW for the Pacific Ocean Watershed. The dashed lines (Figure 1A, CAIW watershed) show the 11 sub-drainages of the CAIW, four of them sampled in this study (marked by asterisk in Figure 1B). The light gray shading (Figure 1A, 1B) shows the permafrost extent (above 50% permafrost content). Figure 1C shows the location of the major mountain ranges in Mongolia (dashed areas), and the location of the Gobi Desert.

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