Khar Lake (; ) is located in Khovd Province in western Mongolia's Great Lakes Depression.
Name 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.
Description 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:"Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita Water level: 1,134.08 m Surface area: 565.2 km² Average depth: 4.14 m Volume: 2.34 km3.
Water Balance + Water balance of Khar LakeSurface inputSurface outputGroundwaterinflow-outflowRetentiontime, yearsPrecipitationInflowEvaporationOutflow 54.0 1,786.91,117.81,287.9+564.81.7
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.
References
External links
Limnological Catalog of Mongolian Lakes