Böön Tsagaan Lake

Böön Tsagaan Lake

Böön Tsagaan Lake taken from a commercial airliner (2006-01-30)
Location Bayakhongor
Coordinates 45°33′N 99°04′E / 45.550°N 99.067°E / 45.550; 99.067Coordinates: 45°33′N 99°04′E / 45.550°N 99.067°E / 45.550; 99.067
Basin countries Mongolia
Max. length 24 km
Max. width 11 km
Surface area 252 km²
Average depth 9.3 m
Max. depth 16 m
Water volume 2.355 km²
Surface elevation 1,312 m
Official name Boon Tsagaan Nuur
Designated 6 July 1998
Part of Valley of the Lakes

Böön Tsagaan Lake (Mongolian: Бөөн Цагаан нуур) is a large saline lake in Bayakhongor province in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia. [1]

Böön Tsagaan Lake and the nearby Taatsiin Tsagaan Lake, Adgiin Tsagaan Lake, and Orog Lake, are collectively designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance under the name "Valley of the Lakes".

See also

References

  1. Komatsu, G (2001), "Paleoshoreline geomorphology of Böön Tsagaan Nuur, Tsagaan Nuur and Orog Nuur: The Valley of Lakes, Mongolia", Geomorphology 39 (3–4): 83, doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(00)00095-7
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