List of lakes of Mongolia

The lakes in Mongolia are distributed unevenly across the country. Many, including some of the largest, can be found in the Great Lakes Depression between the Altai, Khangai and Tannu-Ola mountain ranges in the west. A second group can be found in mountain valleys throughout the country. Lake Khövsgöl in a rift valley south of the Russian Sayan Mountains has the largest volume because of its great depth. The remaining lakes found in the steppe areas and in the Gobi desert are usually smaller and shallow.

The total area of the lakes is 16,003 km². The 83.7% of the total lakes number are the small lakes with surface area less than 0.1 km² (5.6% of the total area). There are 3,060 lakes with surface area 0.1 km² and more. [1]

Lakes with an area of more than 50 km²
Rank Name Mongolian
name		AimagElevation,
m		 Area,
km²		Maximum
length,
km		Average
width,
km		 Maximum
width,
km		Average
depth,
m		Maximum
depth,
m		Volume,
km3
1 Uvs Lake Увс нуурUvs759 3,350 84 40 79 11.92039.6
2 Khövsgöl Lake Хөвсгөл нуурKhövsgöl 1,645 2,760 136 20.8 36.5 137.9 262 380.7
3 Khar-Us Lake Хар-Ус нуурKhovd 1,157 1,578 72.2 26 27 2.2 4.5 3.432
4 Khyargas Lake Хяргас нуурUvs1,028.5 1,407 75 19 31 46.9 80 66.034
5 Buir Lake Буйр нуурDornod581 615 40 1521 6.5 10.2 3.784
6 Khar Lake (Khovd) Хар нуурKhovd 1,132 575 37 16 24 4.2 7 2.422
7 Dörgön Lake Дөргөн нуурKhovd 1,132 305 24 13 17 14.3 27 4.367
8 Achit Lake Ачит нуурUvs, Khovd 1,435 297 24 12 18 2.2 5 0.665
9 Böön Tsagaan Lake Бөөн Цагаан нуурBayankhongor 1,312 252 24 11 19 9.3 16 2.355
10 Üüreg Lake Үүрэг нуурUvs1,425 239 20 12 18 26.9 42 6.419
11 Telmen Lake Тэлмэн нуурZavkhan1,789 194 28 12 16 13.8 27 2.671
12 Ulaan Lake Улаан нуурÖmnögovi1,008 175 - - - - - -
13 Sangiin Dalai Lake Сангийн Далай нуурKhövsgöl, Zavkhan 1,888 165 32 5 13 12.1 30 1.995
14 Airag Lake Айраг нуурUvs1,030 143 18 9 13 5.7 10 0.820
15 Orog Lake Орог нуурBayankhongor 1,217 140 31.8 2 7.7 3.0 5 0.420
16 Yakhi Lake Яхь нуурDornod670 97 20.4 4.2 11.9 2.3 4 0.223
17 Khar Lake (Zavkhan) Хар нуур Zavkhan1,980 84.5 29.3 3.5 6.6 19.6 47 1.654
18 Tolbo Lake Толбо нуур Bayan-Ölgii2,080 84 21 4 7 6.8 12 0.571
19 Khurgan Lake Хурган нуурBayan-Ölgii2,072 71 23.3 3 6 7.8 28 0.537
20 Dayan Lake Даян нуурBayan-Ölgii2,232 67 18 4 9 2.3 4 0.157
21 Dood Tsagaan Nuur Доод Цагаан нуурKhövsgöl1,538 64 18 4 7 6.0 14 0.384
22 Bayan Lake Баян нуурZavkhan1,491 64 14 5 8 21.7 50 1.390
23 Khar-Us Lake, Uvs Хар-Ус нуурUvs1,574 63 19 5 7.8 5.2 8.2 0.3265
24 Oigon Lake Ойгон нуурZavkhan1,664 61 18 3 8 3.4 8 0.207
25 Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake Тэрхийн Цагаан нуурArkhangai2,060 61 16 4 6 6.0 20 0.369
26 Khoton Lake Хотон нуурBayan-Ölgii2,084 50 22 2.3 4 26.8 58 1.341

References

  1. ↑ "Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita