Khar-Us Lake

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox lake Khar-Us Lake (Template:Langx; Template:MongolUnicodeTemplate:MongolUnicodeTemplate:MongolUnicode, "Black-Aqua Lake", is a lake in Khovd Province, Mongolia, located in Har Us Nuur National Park. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, Airag and Khyargas.

Its area value (1,852 km2) includes the island Agbash (or Ak-Bashi, white head) area (274 km2), so the water surface area is 1,578 km2 only.[1]

Some sources are using different Khar-Us Lake Lake statistics values:[2]

  • Water level: 1,160.08 m
  • Surface area: 1,496.6 km2
  • Average depth: 2.1 m
  • Volume: 3.12 km3.
Water balance of Khar-Us Lake[2]
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Surface input Surface output Groundwater
inflow-
outflow
Retention
time
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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 Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..

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