Uvs Nuur Basin

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Uvs Nuur Basin*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Natural
Criteria	ix, x
Reference	769
Region†	Asia
Inscription history
Inscription	2003  (27th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

The Uvs Nuur Basin (also Ubsu-Nur Basin) is a fragile mountain endorheic basin, named after Uvs Nuur, a large, shallow and very saline lake in the basin's center. Several smaller lakes are scattered throughout.^[1] The Uvs Nuur Basin was nominated for listing as a World Heritage Site in 2003.

Total area of Uvs Nuur drainage basin is 70,000 km². The most part of it lays in Mongolia (Khövsgöl, Zavkhan and Uvs Provinces), Northern part in Russia (Tuva).

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• Ubsu Nur satellite photo
• Uvs Nuur Basin at Natural Heritage Protection Fund website

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