Böön Tsagaan Lake (
Mongolian: Бөөн Цагаан нуур, zh, 本查干湖) is a large saline lake in
Bayakhongor province in the Gobi Desert of southern
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, ...
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Böön Tsagaan Lake and the nearby
Taatsiin Tsagaan Lake
Taatsiin Tsagaan Lake ( mn, Таацын Цагаан Нуур, ''Taatsiin Tsagaan Nuur'', zh, 塔茨查干湖) is a large saline lake in Övörkhangai Province in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia.
and the nearby Böön Tsagaan Lake, A ...
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Adgiin Tsagaan Lake, and
Orog Lake, are collectively designated a
Ramsar Ramsar may refer to:
* Places so named:
** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran
** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India
* Eponyms of the Iranian city:
** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran
** Ramsar site, wetland listed in a ...
wetland of international importance under the name "
Valley of the Lakes
The Valley of the Lakes ( mn, Нууруудын хөндий) is an intermontane depression located in southwestern Mongolia, separating the Khangai and Govi-Altai mountains. The valley stretches 500 km long, has a width of approximately ...
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See also
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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
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See also
* Ramsar Convention
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References
Lakes of Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Endorheic lakes of Asia
Saline lakes of Asia
Bayankhongor Province
Ramsar sites in Mongolia
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