The children of a herding family near Oyu Tolgoi spend the afternoon in the shelter of their ger. They are (l. to r.) 17-year-old Batbayar, 11-year-old Gurragchaa, and 15-year-old Odgerel.

South Gobi, ger, herders, livestock, Khanbogd, Coal, water scarcity, South Gobi, Mongolia, Omnogovi, Tsogttsetsii, Oyu Tolgoi. Rio Tinto. copper mine, gold, water, food, energy, choke point, circle of blue wilson center, Keith Schneider

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