| Khar Lake | |
|---|---|
| The western shore of Khar Nuur | |
| Location | Great Lakes Depression, Western Mongolia |
| Lake type | eutrophic |
| Primary inflows | Chono Kharaikh Gol |
| Primary outflows | Teeliin Gol |
| Catchment area | 76,800 km²[1] |
| Basin countries | Mongolia, Russia[2] |
| Max. length | 37 km (23 mi) |
| Max. width | 24 km (15 mi) |
| Surface area | 575 km2 (222 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Max. depth | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Water volume | 2.422 km³ |
| Residence time | 1.7 years |
| Surface elevation | 1132.3 m |
| Frozen | December - April |
Khar Lake (Mongolian: Хар нуур, lit. "black lake") is located in the Khovd aimag (province) in western Mongolia's Great Lakes Depression. It is part of a group of lakes that were once part of a larger prehistoric lake that disappeared 5,000 years ago as the region became drier.
Some sources are using different Khar Lake statistics values[3]:
| Surface input | Surface output | Groundwater inflow- outflow |
Retention time, years |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | Inflow | Evaporation | Outflow | ||
| 54.0 | 1,786.9 | 1,117.8 | 1,287.9 | +564.8 | 1.7 |
Khar Lake lake has a single inflow - Chono Kharaikh Gol river, which creates a river delta.
Khar Lake has a connection to Dörgön Nuur south of it.