Khyargas Nuur
Khyargas Lake (Mongolian: Хяргас нуур) is a salt lake in Khyargas district, Uvs Province, Western Mongolia.
Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values:
- Water level: 1,035.29 m
- Surface area: 1,481.1 km
- Average depth: 50.7 m
- Volume: 75.2 km.
| Surface input | Surface output | Groundwater inflow- outflow |
Retention time, years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | Inflow | Evaporation | Outflow | ||
| 55.9 | 652.4 | 937.1 | 0 | +228.8 | 54.2 |
The Khyargas Lake National Park is based on the lake. This protected area was established in 2000 and covers about 3,328 km. It also includes a freshwater Airag Lake.
References
- ^ "Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita
- ^ "Mongolia", by Jane Blunden, from Bradt Travel Guides series, 2nd edition, 2008, ISBN 1-84162-178-1, p. 372
- ^ "Mongolia", by Michael Kohn, 2008, ISBN 1-74104-578-9, p. 242
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