Khar-Us Lake
Khar-Us Lake is a lake in western Mongolia in the Great Lakes Depression. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, Airag and Khyargas. The lake is located in Har Us Nuur National Park.
Its area value includes the island Agbash area, so the water surface area is 1,578 km² only.
Some sources are using different Khar-Us Lake Lake statistics values:
- Water level: 1,160.08 m
- Surface area: 1,496.6 km²
- Average depth: 2.1 m
- Volume: 3.12 km³.
Primary inflow is the Khovd River, which creates a large river delta.
So called Genghis Khan's wall runs along the western shore of the Khar-Us Lake. It is possible to find it at the Google Map and Google Earth satellite maps.
