Achit Lake ( mn, Ачит Нуур, , zh, 阿奇特湖) is the largest freshwater
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Uvs Aimag
Uvs (; mn, Увс аймаг, Uws aimag, ; xal, Увс әәмг, Uws äämg, ), is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Ulaangom wh ...
(Uvs province),
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
, in the west of the country. At an elevation of 1,435 m above sea level it covers an area of 290 km
2. It is 28 km long, 16 km wide, and 10 m deep. The coast is covered with
steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the temperate grasslands, ...
s, mostly hilly but
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
y on the northwest and northeast. Several rivers flow into the lake.
See also
*
Ramsar sites in Mongolia
Mongolia joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat on April 8, 1998. There are currently 11 wetlands designated as Ramsar sites in Mongolia.
List
Map
See also
* Ramsar Convention
...
References
External links
The Annotated Ramsar List: Mongolia
– Russian (АЧИТ-НУР)
Limnological Catalog of Mongolian Lakes
Lakes of Mongolia
Ramsar sites in Mongolia
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