Khar-Us Lake (; ) is a lake in Khovd Province, Mongolia, located in Khar Us Nuur National Park. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, Airag and Khyargas.
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."Khar-Us Nuur", Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Some sources are using different Khar-Us Lake Lake statistics values:"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.
+ Water balance of Khar-Us LakeSurface input Surface outputGroundwaterinflow-outflowRetentiontime, yearsPrecipitationInflowEvaporationOutflow 56.4 1,979.2 942.7675.3-417.6 1.1
Primary inflow is the Khovd River, which creates a large river delta.
So called Genghis Khan's wall runs along the western shore of the Khar-Us Lake. It is possible to find it at the Google Map and Google Earth satellite maps .
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