The most unique character of Inner Mongolia’s physical geography is that from northeast to southwest, Inner Mongolia’s territory is extending three thousand kilometers (about two thousand miles). So if you drive from east boundary of Inner Mongolia to the west boundary, you could experience many different types of climates, and see some different types of landscapes.
From the above picture, you could figure out how wide Inner Mongolia is. Also, you can see that from east to west, the landscapes changes significantly, from mountain region in the east, to grassland in mid-east region, to urban landscape in the central, and then to desert and Gobi desert in the west.
In the future ten years, I think the biggest challenge for Inner Mongolia is desertification. The problem is due to multiple reasons, not only the physical geography factor. Since Inner Mongolia located in the center of The Eurasian Continent, climate there is very dry (pretty similar as Colorado). The summer season, which is also the raining season, is very short, from late-June to mid-August (except for the mountain region. Mountain region maybe more wet throughout the year).
The above picture shows desertification. It shows that this region is experiencing the transition from grassland to desert. 
The above picture shows the root cause of desertification in Inner Mongolia – overgrazing. Local people want more benefit from grazing. But the ecosystem is too fragile. The overgrazing brings a lot of pressures to the grassland. So, in ten years, this situation won’t be changed. And it’s very difficult to be solve because China’s large population size.
In the future a hundred years, things must be changed a lot. Since the Inner Mongolia is located in the center of The Eurasian Continent, so the geological structure is relatively stable. I don’t think the earthquakes or volcanic eruption will happen in the future one hundred years (although some minor earthquakes may happen in the mountain regions because it close to the edge of the Eurasian Plate and Pacific Plate). However, the biggest challenge comes from the climate change. If people want to have a sustainable way of development in Inner Mongolia, we must minimize the impact of environment from human activities, such as returning the grain plots to grassland, and not mining any more.
The east boundary of Inner Mongolia is only hundreds miles from the plates edge.
Furthermore, it is very difficult to predict how things will change in the future one thousand years. I cannot find some strong evidence to support my hypothesis, but I do have some guess. In the far future, all the fossil fuel under Inner Mongolia will be completely used up. However, human will have already found some other ways for energy, so this is not the case. Because of the climate change, Inner Mongolia will no longer used for living anymore. It will become a heritage tourism destination in the future one thousand years.
All in all, Inner Mongolia’s unique physical landscapes and it’s fascinating scenery will always attract people from all over the world in the future 100, 1,000, and 10,000 years.
