Khar Lake (Zavkhan)

For other uses, see Khar Nuur (disambiguation).

Khar Lake
Image made from ISS, south on top, 2006-09-07
Location	Great Lakes Depression, Western Mongolia
Coordinates	48°21′N 96°06′E / 48.35°N 96.1°E / 48.35; 96.1Coordinates: 48°21′N 96°06′E / 48.35°N 96.1°E / 48.35; 96.1
Basin countries	Mongolia

Surface elevation	1980.0 m

Khar Lake (Mongolian: Хар нуур, lit. "black lake") is located in the Zavkhan aimag (province) in western Mongolia. Khar Lake occupies a dale in the Khangai Mountains to the East from the Great Lakes Depression.

Satellite image (Landsat 7), conventional image orientation - north on top, 2006-08-06.
Natural-colour satellite image of the lake.

External links

Har Nuur at NASA Earth Observatory

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