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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Khar-Us Lake

Khar-Us Lake (Mongolian: Хар-Ус нуур, romanizedHar-Us nuur; ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠᠤᠰᠤᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ, "Black-Aqua Lake", is a lake in western Mongolia in the Great Lakes Depression. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, Airag and Khyargas. The lake is located in Har Us Nuur National Park.

Its area value (1,852 km) includes the island Agbash (or Ak-Bashi, white head) area (274 km), so the water surface area is 1,578 km only.

Some sources are using different Khar-Us Lake Lake statistics values:

  • Water level: 1,160.08 m
  • Surface area: 1,496.6 km
  • Average depth: 2.1 m
  • Volume: 3.12 km.
Water balance of Khar-Us Lake
(Unit of water balance: mm/year)
Surface input Surface output Groundwater
inflow-
outflow
Retention
time
, years
Precipitation Inflow Evaporation Outflow
56.4 1,979.2 942.7 675.3 -417.6 1.1

Primary inflow is the Khovd River, which creates a large river delta.

So called Genghis Khan's wall runs along the western shore of the Khar-Us Lake. It is possible to find it at the Google Map and Google Earth satellite maps 47°53′29″N 91°59′37″E / 47.89139°N 91.99361°E / 47.89139; 91.99361.

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