Khyargas Nuur
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Khyargas Lake is a salt lake
in Khyargas
district, Uvs Province
, Western Mongolia
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Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values:
The Khyargas Lake National Park is based on the lake. This protected area
was established in 2000 and covers about 3,328 km². It also includes a freshwater
Airag Lake.
Salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water which has a concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes . In some cases, salt lakes have a higher concentration of salt than sea water, but such lakes would also be termed hypersaline lakes...
in Khyargas
Khyargas, Uvs
Khyargas is a sum of Uvs Province in western Mongolia.The sum is named after Khyargas lake, which is 80 km south of the sum center.The sum center was formerly located at another site, ....
district, Uvs Province
Uvs Province
Uvs is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located in the west of the country, 1336 km away from the national capital Ulaanbaatar.Its capital is Ulaangom which lies 936m above the Sea level....
, Western Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
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Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values:
- Water level: 1,035.29 m
- Surface area: 1,481.1 km²
- Average depth: 50.7 m
- Volume: 75.2 km³.
| Surface input | Surface output | Groundwater Groundwater Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock... inflow- outflow |
Retention time Lake retention time Lake retention time is a calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water spends in a particular lake. At its simplest this figure is the result of dividing the lake volume by the flow in or out of the lake... , years |
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| Precipitation Precipitation (meteorology) In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation... |
Inflow Inflow (hydrology) In hydrology, the inflow of a body of water is the source of the water in the body of water. It can also refer to the average volume of incoming water in unit time. It is contrasted with outflow.... |
Evaporation Evaporation Evaporation is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs only on the surface of a liquid. The other type of vaporization is boiling, which, instead, occurs on the entire mass of the liquid.... |
Outflow Discharge (hydrology) In hydrology, discharge is the volume rate of water flow, including any suspended solids , dissolved chemical species and/or biologic material , which is transported through a given cross-sectional area... |
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| 55.9 | 652.4 | 937.1 | 0 | +228.8 | 54.2 |
The Khyargas Lake National Park is based on the lake. This protected area
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...
was established in 2000 and covers about 3,328 km². It also includes a freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
Airag Lake.