Buir Lake (; ) is a

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

that straddles the border between

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. It lies within the Buir Lake Depression. The Chinese city of

Hulunbuir Hulunbuir or Hulun Buir, ''Hūlúnbèi'ěr''; , ''Khulunbuir'' is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Its administrative center is located at Hailar District, its largest urban area. Major scenic features are the high ...

is named after both this lake and

Hulun Lake Hulun Lake (; ; ) or Dalai Lake (; ) is a large lake in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China. Description It is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in all of China, covering approximately 2,339 km2. In years with high precipita ...

, which lies entirely on the Chinese side of the border in

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

. In 1388, Ming forces under Lan Yu won a major victory over the Northern Yuan on the Buir Lake region. Northern Yuan ruler Tögüs Temür tried to escape but was killed shortly afterwards.The Mongol empire & its legacy, by Reuven Amitai-Preiss, David Morgan, pg 293 Txu-oclc-6614368-nl50-2

It is currently the only place where Mongolian navy is useful and patrols, with a small number of motorboats used by border guards. Indeed, Mongolia has no navy due to its landlocked status, since its fleet sank during the Mongol invasions of Japan.

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*http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03701 China–Mongolia border International lakes of Asia Khalkhgol Lakes of Dornod Province Lakes of Inner Mongolia Important Bird Areas of Mongolia Ramsar sites in Mongolia {{InnerMongolia-geo-stub