Khar-Us Nuur

Infobox lake
lake_name = Khar-Us Nuur
image_lake =
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = Khovd aimag, Mongolia
coords = coord|48|02|N|92|17|E|type:waterbody_region:MN
type = freshwater
inflow = Khovd Gol
outflow = Chono Kharaikh Gol
catchment = 74,500 km²
basin_countries = Mongolia, Russia
length = 72.2 km
width = 36.5 km
area = 1,578 km²
depth = 2.2 m
max-depth = 4.5 m
volume = 3.432 km³
residence_time =
shore =
elevation = 1,156.7 m
frozen = November - April
islands = Agbash (Ak-Bashi)
cities = DörgönLocation map
Mongolia | label=Khar-Us Nuur
mark= Blue pog.svg
lat_deg=48|lat_min=02
lon_deg=92|lon_min=17
position=right
width=250
float=right

Khar-Us Nuur (Mongolian: _mn. Хар-Ус нуур, "Black water lake") is a lake in western Mongolia in the Great Lakes Depression. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us Nuur, Khar Nuur, Dörgön Nuur, Airag Nuur and Khyargas Nuur.

Its area value (1,852 km²) includes the island "Agbash" (or "Ak-Bashi" , White Head) area (274 km²), so the water surface area is 1,578 km² only [http://www.oval.ru/enc/95209.html "Khar-Us Nuur"] , "Great Soviet Encyclopedia"] .

Some sources are using different Khar-Us Nuur statistics values [http://raise.suiri.tsukuba.ac.jp/new/press/youshi_sugita8.pdf "Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita] ] :
*Water level: 1,160.08 m
*Surface area: 1,496.6 km²
*Average depth: 2.1 m
*Volume: 3.12 km³.

Primary inflow is the Khovd Gol river, which creates a large river delta .

So called Genghis Khan's wall runs along the western shore of the Khar-Us Nuur. It is possible to find it at the Google Map and Google Earth satellite maps coord|47|53|29|N|91|59|37|E.

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