Khar Lake (; ) is a lake in Erdenekhairkhan,

Zavkhan Province Zavkhan (; ), also spelt Zaukhan or Zabhkhan, is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the west of the country, 1,104 km from Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Uliastai. The aimag is named after the Zavkhan River, which forms the ...

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 ...

. Khar Lake occupies a dale in the

Khangai Mountains The Khangai Mountains form a mountain range, range in central Mongolia, some west of Ulaanbaatar. Name Two provinces of Mongolia are named after the Khangai mountains: Arkhangai (North Khangai) and Ovorkhangai (South Khangai). The mild climat ...

to the East from the

Great Lakes Depression The Great Lakes Depression, also called the Great Lakes Hollow, is a large semi-arid Depression (geology), depression in Mongolia that covers parts of the Uvs Province, Uvs, Khovd Province, Khovd, Bayan-Ölgii Province, Bayan-Ölgii, Zavkhan Prov ...

. File:Khar-Nuur lake, Zavkhan aimag, Mongolia.jpg, Satellite image (

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), conventional image orientation - north on top, 2006-08-06. File:Har Nuur, Mongolia.jpg, Natural-colour satellite image of the lake.

External links

Har Nuur at NASA Earth Observatory
Erdenekhairkhan Important Bird Areas of Mongolia Lakes of Zavkhan Province {{Mongolia-lake-stub