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Khar-Us Lake

Khar-Us Lake (; ) is a lake in Khovd Province, Mongolia, located in Khar 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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) includes the island Agbash (or Ak-Bashi, white head) area (274&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), so the water surface area is 1,578&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> only.

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

  • Water level: 1,160.08 m
  • Surface area: 1,496.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
  • Average depth: 2.1 m
  • Volume: 3.12&nbsp;km<sup>3</sup>.

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 .

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