Ulansuhai Nur or Wuliangsuhai（）is a freshwater lake in
China
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, it is located in southwest of
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
, situated in the north bank of the middle reaches of
Yellow River
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. The lake is 233 km
2, with a drainage area of 11,800 km
2, an elevation of 1018.79 m, length 35.4 km and mean width 6.6 km (max 12.7 km). The lake is rich in fish. Ulansuhai Nur is a rare big multi-functional lake in this desolate and drought-stricken grassland. The area of bulrush is 150 square kilometers and there are nearly 200 species of birds and over 20 kinds of fish in the lake area.
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Lakes of Inner Mongolia