Khyargas Lake Хяргас нуур, is a
salt lake in
Khyargas district,
Uvs Province
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 whi ...
, 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, ...
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Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values:
["Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita](_blank)
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*Water level: 1,035.29 m
*Surface area: 1,481.1 km2
*Average depth: 50.7 m
*Volume: 75.2 km³.
The Khyargas Lake National Park is based on the lake. This protected area was established in 2000 and covers about 3,328 km2. It also includes a freshwater Airag Lake.["Mongolia", by Jane Blunden, from ]Bradt Travel Guides
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series, 2nd edition, 2008,
p. 372
/ref>["Mongolia", by Michael Kohn, 2008, ]
p. 242
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References
Lakes of Mongolia
Saline lakes of Asia
Protected areas established in 2000
2000 establishments in Mongolia
Uvs Province
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