Khoton Lake (
Mongolian: Хотон нуур, zh, 霍屯湖, 和屯湖) is a freshwater lake in
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park
Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (, ''Altai five saints nature complex'') is a national park in Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. The park includes the Mongolian side of the Tavan Bogd massif, which is divided by the triple border with Rus ...
in
Bayan-Ölgii Province
Bayan-Ölgii ( mn, Баян-Өлгий, ; xal, Байн-Өлгий, ; kk, Бай-Өлке / Bai-Ölke, ; "Rich region") is the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, it was ...
, 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, ...
.
Geography
It lies at the foot of the
Altai Mountains
The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The m ...
near the Chinese border, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is fed by the
Khuiten River from the east and other rivers from the north. With an area of , it is the country's twenty-sixth largest lake by surface area. It has a maximum depth of .
The lake is home to abundant fish life.
References
Lakes of Mongolia
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