Yurt: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	yurta • ger • gher

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Yurt in the Gobi desert, Mongolia.

Round white felt tents called gers, with decorative orange doors, stand on open grassland under a partly cloudy sky in Mongolia.

White yurts and grazing livestock scattered across a grassy plain in the Orkhon Valley, Mongolia, with rocky hills and a river in the background.

A Kazak yurt with a patterned rug hanging at its entrance stands on rocky ground in front of snow-capped peaks in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang, China.

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