Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape of Mongolia was inscribed on the World Heritage List as a cultural heritage at the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee, scheduled from June 28 to July 7 in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.

The 121,967-hectare Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape encompasses an extensive area of pastureland on both banks of the Orkhon River and includes numerous archaeological remains dating back to the 6th century.

The site also includes Kharkhorum, capital of Genghis Khan's vast Empire in the 13th and 14th century. Collectively the remains in the site reflect the symbiotic links between nomadic, pastoral societies and their administrative and religious centers, and the importance of the Orkhon valley in the history of central Asia.

The grassland is still grazed by Mongolian nomadic pastoralists.

Source: Xinhua