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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, ...
. Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values:"Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita
/ref> *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 Bradt Travel Guides is a publisher of travel guides founded in 1974 by Hilary Bradt and her husband George, who co-wrote the first Bradt Guide on a river barge on a tributary of the Amazon. Since then Bradt has grown into a leading independent tr ...
series, 2nd edition, 2008,
p. 372
/ref>"Mongolia", by Michael Kohn, 2008,
p. 242
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Lakes of Mongolia Saline lakes of Asia Protected areas established in 2000 2000 establishments in Mongolia Uvs Province {{Mongolia-geo-stub