Gegeen Lake Explained

Gegeen Lake, Gegeen Nuur
Location:	Mongolia
Coords:	46.6833°N 142°W
Pushpin Map:	Mongolia

Gegeen Lake, also known as Gegeen Nuur ("holy lake"), is a lake in Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia. The lake lays within the Khangai Mountains and feeds the Zavkhan River.^[1] Taishir Hydro Power Station lays at the head of the lake; the station and accompanying dam created the entire lake in 2008.^[2]

See also

• List of lakes of Mongolia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gegeen Nuur - Wikimapia. wikimapia.org. en. 2019-01-10.
2. Enkhbold, A., Khukhuudei, U., & Doljin, D. (2021). Morphological classification and origin of lake depressions in Mongolia. Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 61(02), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.5564/pmas.v61i02.1758. Pp. 39.