Dood Tsagaan Lake ( mn, Доод Цагаан нуур: ''lit. "lower white lake"'', zh, 下查干湖, 下查干淖尔) is a
lake
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in northwestern
Khövsgöl aimag,
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, ...
, between the
sums
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of
Tsagaannuur and
Renchinlkhümbe
Renchinlkhümbe ( mn, Рэнчинлхүмбэ) is a '' sum'' of Khövsgöl Province in Mongolia. The area is about , of which are pasture and 35% are forest. In 2000, the ''sum'' had 4284 inhabitants, mainly Darkhad. The ''sum'' center, official ...
. It's sometimes divided into the Targan, Dund, and Kharmai lakes. Targan lake is 3.5 meters deep, Dund nuur 5 meters and Kharmai nuur 15 meters.
Tsagaannuur's administrative center is located on the western shore of the lake.
Lakes of Mongolia
Khövsgöl Province
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