Khyargas Nuur
| Khyargas Lake | |
|---|---|
 Khyargas Lake's southeastern shore | |
  Khyargas Lake | |
 A satellite image of Lake Khyargas taken fromLandsat-7.Smaller lake south of the Khyargas Lake is Airag Lake. | |
| Location | Khyargasdistrict,Uvs Province |
| Coordinates | 49°08′N93°25′E/ 49.133°N 93.417°E |
| Type | Endorheic |
| Primary inflows | Zavkhan RiverviaAirag Nuur |
| Primary outflows | no |
| Basincountries | Mongolia |
| Max. length | 75 km (47 mi) |
| Max. width | 31 km (19 mi) |
| Surface area | 1,407 km2(543 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Max. depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Water volume | 66.034 km3(53,535,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Residence time | 54.2 years |
| Surface elevation | 1,028.5 m (3,374 ft) |
| Islands | one unnamed |
| Settlements | no |
Khyargas Lake(Mongolian:Хяргас нуур) is asalt lakeinKhyargasdistrict,Uvs Province,WesternMongolia.
Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values:[1]
- Water level: 1,035.29 m
- Surface area: 1,481.1 km2
- Average depth: 50.7 m
- Volume: 75.2 km3.
| Surface input | Surface output | Groundwater inflow- outflow |
Retention time,years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | Inflow | Evaporation | Outflow | ||
| 55.9 | 652.4 | 937.1 | 0 | +228.8 | 54.2 |
TheKhyargas Lake National Parkis based on the lake. Thisprotected areawas established in 2000 and covers about 3,328 km2.It also includes afreshwaterAirag Lake.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita
- ^"Mongolia", by Jane Blunden, fromBradt Travel Guidesseries, 2nd edition, 2008,ISBN1-84162-178-1,p. 372
- ^"Mongolia", by Michael Kohn, 2008,ISBN1-74104-578-9,p. 242
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