Uvs Nuur Basin

Uvs Nuur Basin

Infobox World Heritage Site
Name = Uvs Nuur Basin


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State_Party = MGL and
Type = Natural
Criteria = ix, x
ID = 769
Link =
Region = Asia
Coordinates =
Year = 2003
Session = 27th
Extension =
Danger =
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/769The Uvs Nuur Basin (also Ubsu-Nur Basin) is a fragile mountain endorheic basin, named after Uvs Nuur, a large, shallow and very saline lake in the basin's center. Several smaller lakes are scattered throughout. [cite web
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year=
url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17796
title=Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia
publisher=Nasa.gov
accessdate=2008-02-07] The Uvs Nuur Basin was nominated for listing as a World Heritage Site in 2003.

Total area of Uvs Nuur drainage basin is 70,000 km². The most part of it lays in Mongolia (Khövsgöl, Zavkhan and Uvs Provinces), Northern part in Russia (Tuva).

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External links

* [http://130.166.124.2/world_atlas/6/files/6-1040-full.html Ubsu Nur satellite photo]
* [http://www.nhpfund.org/nominations/uvs_nuur.html Uvs Nuur Basin] at Natural Heritage Protection Fund website


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