Table 2 Macro-scale folk habitat terms (as spoken during the interviews and synonymous names are grouped under the same headings), their scientific meanings, and typical literal translations from the Seruun Gilad, Khuvsugul province, Mongolia. Synonymous Mongolian names are listed in brackets in the second column
Macro-scale habitats | Literal translations | Meaning of the habitat type |
|---|---|---|
тайга, хөвхтэй тайга, хөвдтэй тайга, асга хадтай тайга, тайгархаг ой, тайга сэрүүн газар | Taiga, taiga with litter, taiga with moss, taiga with rocks, taiga forest, chilly taiga | Taiga (dense mossy forest) |
уулархаг газар, ойтой уулархаг газар | Mountainous area, mountainous forest area | Mountainous area |
тал хээр (тал хөндий) | Plain steppe (plain valley) | Zonal steppe on a wider flat area |
говь газар | Gobi place | Gobi (dry steppe and semi-desert) |
өвөр газар | Inner place | Inner place (area close to valley bottoms and yurts) |
ар газар | North place | Outer place (area further from inner place) |
эр газар, эрдүү газар | Wild place | Wild uninhabited place |
зуслан газар | Summer place | Summer place (summer pasture area) |
өвөлжөө газар (өвөлжөө бууц) | Winter place (öwöljöö buuts) | Winter place (winter pasture area) |
сум | Soum | Soum (disturbed habitats of a settlement) |