5. China, and Mongolia
Border: City of Erenhot/Dinosaurs
Area: 4,677 km*
Est. Gross Domestic Product: $17.52 trillion (China) / $43 billion (Mongolia)*
Beyond geography, the border city of Erenhot in China and its equivalent in Mongolia are linked by a shared prehistoric past, commemorated by magnificent dinosaur monuments. Erenhot, renowned for its abundant fossil beds of dinosaurs, has come to represent this distant past with its famous archway of cuddling dinosaurs across the city’s entrance road.
China and Mongolia ©r/pics/Reddit
In addition to commemorating the common natural history that predates national lines, this unusual memorial also denotes the actual border between China and Mongolia. The sight of these enormous Jurassic dinosaurs welcomes visitors to this border, transforming the crossing into a trip through time.
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