Khar Lake (Khovd)
| Khar Lake | |
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The western shore of Khar Nuur
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| Location | Great Lakes Depression, Western Mongolia |
| Coordinates | 48°05′N 93°12′E / 48.08°N 93.2°ECoordinates: 48°05′N 93°12′E / 48.08°N 93.2°E |
| Lake type | eutrophic |
| Primary inflows | Chono Kharaikh Gol |
| Primary outflows | Teeliin Gol |
| Catchment area | 76,800 km2 (29,700 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Mongolia, Russia |
| 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 (0.581 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 1.7 years |
| Surface elevation | 1,132.3 m (3,715 ft) |
| 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 also known as Ha-la Hu, Hara Nuur, Har Nuur, Khara Nur, Khar Nuur, and Ozero Kara-Nor
It should be distinguished from the similarly named Khar Lake (Zavkhan), another lake further east in Mongolia.
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:
Khar 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.
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