Khar Lake ( mn, Хар нуур, ''lit. "black lake"'', zh, 哈尔湖) is located in the Zavkhan aimag (province) in western

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, ...

. Khar Lake occupies a dale in the

Khangai Mountains The Khangai Mountains ( mn, Хангайн нуруу, Hangain nuruu, ); form a mountain range, range in central Mongolia, some west of Ulaanbaatar. Name Two provinces of Mongolia are named after the Khangai mountains: Arkhangai (North Khangai) ...

to the East from the

Great Lakes Depression The Great Lakes Depression ( mn, Их нууруудын хотгор, ''Ikh Nuuruudyn Khotgor''), also called the Great Lakes' Hollow, is a large semi-arid depression in Mongolia that covers parts of the Uvs, Khovd, Bayan-Ölgii, Zavkhan and ...

. File:Khar-Nuur lake, Zavkhan aimag, Mongolia.jpg, Satellite image (

Landsat 7 Landsat 7 is the seventh satellite of the Landsat program. Launched on 15 April 1999, Landsat 7's primary goal is to refresh the global archive of satellite photos, providing up-to-date and cloud-free images. The Landsat program is managed and ...

), conventional image orientation - north on top, 2006-08-06. File:Har Nuur, Mongolia.jpg, Natural-colour satellite image of the lake.

External links

Har Nuur at NASA Earth Observatory
Lakes of Mongolia {{Mongolia-geo-stub