Uvs Lake (Mongolian: Увс нуур), largest and highly saline lake in Mongolia & with a small part in Russia. It covers 3,350 km2 at 759m above sea level. The largest settlement near the lake is Ulaangom. FACTS : Maximum length : 84 km (52 mi)…
Khyargas Nuur (Mongolian: Хяргас нуур), salt lake located in the Khyargas Soum, Uvs Province, Western Mongolia. FACTS : Type Endorheic Primary inflows Zavkhan River via Airag Nuur Max. length 75 km (47 mi) Max. width 31 km (19 mi) Surface area 1,407…
Achit Lake (Mongolian: Ачит Нуур), the largest freshwater lake in Uvs Aimag (Uvs province), Mongolia. At an elevation of 1,435 m above sea level it covers an area of 290 km2. It is 28 km long, 16 km wide, and 10 m deep. The coast is covered with…
Uureg Lake (Mongolian: Үүрэг нуур, Üüreg nuur), Saline lake in an endorheic basin in western Mongolia, north-west of the Great Lakes Hollow, near the western edge of the Uvs Nuur basin. The Tsagaan river gorge (Tsagaan Shuvuut Uul) lies on the west…
Airag Lake (Mongolian: Айраг нуур), lake located in the Western Mongolia in the Great Lakes Depression. It is in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, and Khyargas. The lake was in the same basin as the Khyargas Lake in…
Khar-Us Lake (Uvs) (Mongolian: Хар-Ус нуур, means “Black Water Lake”), located in western Mongolia in the Uvs Province between the districts of Ömnögovi and Ölgii. Khar-Us Lake is located south of the city of Ulaangom and about 80 km (50…
