Khar-Us_Lake
Khar-Us Lake
Lake in Khovd Province, Mongolia
Khar-Us Lake (Mongolian: Хар-Ус нуур, romanized: Har-Us nuur; ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠤᠰᠤᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ, "Black-Aqua Lake", Chinese: 哈尔乌斯湖, 黑水湖) 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 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.
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.