List of lakes of Mongolia

The lakes in Mongolia are distributed unevenly across the country. Many, including some of the largest, can be found in the Great Lakes Depression between the Altai, Khangai and Tannu-Ola mountain ranges in the west. A second group can be found in mountain valleys throughout the country. Lake Khövsgöl in a rift valley south of the Russian Sayan Mountains has the largest volume because of its great depth. The remaining lakes found in the steppe areas and in the Gobi desert are usually smaller and shallow.

The total area of the lakes is 16,003 km². The 83.7% of the total lakes number are the small lakes with surface area less than 0.1 km² (5.6% of the total area). There are 3,060 lakes with surface area 0.1 km² and more. ^[1]

Lakes with an area of more than 50 km²

Rank	Name	Mongolian name	Aimag	Elevation, m	Area, km²	Maximum length, km	Average width, km	Maximum width, km	Average depth, m	Maximum depth, m	Volume, km^3
1	Uvs Lake	Увс нуур	Uvs	759	3,350	84	40	79	11.9	20	39.6
2	Khövsgöl Lake	Хөвсгөл нуур	Khövsgöl	1,645	2,760	136	20.8	36.5	137.9	262	380.7
3	Khar-Us Lake	Хар-Ус нуур	Khovd	1,157	1,578	72.2	26	27	2.2	4.5	3.432
4	Khyargas Lake	Хяргас нуур	Uvs	1,028.5	1,407	75	19	31	46.9	80	66.034
5	Buir Lake	Буйр нуур	Dornod	581	615	40	15	21	6.5	10.2	3.784
6	Khar Lake (Khovd)	Хар нуур	Khovd	1,132	575	37	16	24	4.2	7	2.422
7	Dörgön Lake	Дөргөн нуур	Khovd	1,132	305	24	13	17	14.3	27	4.367
8	Achit Lake	Ачит нуур	Uvs, Khovd	1,435	297	24	12	18	2.2	5	0.665
9	Böön Tsagaan Lake	Бөөн Цагаан нуур	Bayankhongor	1,312	252	24	11	19	9.3	16	2.355
10	Üüreg Lake	Үүрэг нуур	Uvs	1,425	239	20	12	18	26.9	42	6.419
11	Telmen Lake	Тэлмэн нуур	Zavkhan	1,789	194	28	12	16	13.8	27	2.671
12	Ulaan Lake	Улаан нуур	Ömnögovi	1,008	175	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Sangiin Dalai Lake	Сангийн Далай нуур	Khövsgöl, Zavkhan	1,888	165	32	5	13	12.1	30	1.995
14	Airag Lake	Айраг нуур	Uvs	1,030	143	18	9	13	5.7	10	0.820
15	Orog Lake	Орог нуур	Bayankhongor	1,217	140	31.8	2	7.7	3.0	5	0.420
16	Yakhi Lake	Яхь нуур	Dornod	670	97	20.4	4.2	11.9	2.3	4	0.223
17	Khar Lake (Zavkhan)	Хар нуур	Zavkhan	1,980	84.5	29.3	3.5	6.6	19.6	47	1.654
18	Tolbo Lake	Толбо нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,080	84	21	4	7	6.8	12	0.571
19	Khurgan Lake	Хурган нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,072	71	23.3	3	6	7.8	28	0.537
20	Dayan Lake	Даян нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,232	67	18	4	9	2.3	4	0.157
21	Dood Tsagaan Nuur	Доод Цагаан нуур	Khövsgöl	1,538	64	18	4	7	6.0	14	0.384
22	Bayan Lake	Баян нуур	Zavkhan	1,491	64	14	5	8	21.7	50	1.390
23	Khar-Us Lake, Uvs	Хар-Ус нуур	Uvs	1,574	63	19	5	7.8	5.2	8.2	0.3265
24	Oigon Lake	Ойгон нуур	Zavkhan	1,664	61	18	3	8	3.4	8	0.207
25	Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake	Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур	Arkhangai	2,060	61	16	4	6	6.0	20	0.369
26	Khoton Lake	Хотон нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,084	50	22	2.3	4	26.8	58	1.341

References

• Ministry of Environment of Mongolia web site(in Mongolian)

1. "Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita