List of lakes of Mongolia explained

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,
km³

1		Увс нуур	Uvs	759	3,350	84	40	79	11.9	20	39.6
2		Хөвсгөл нуур		1,645	2,760	136	20.8	36.5	137.9	262	380.7
3		Хар-Ус нуур		1,157	1,578	72.2	26	27	2.2	4.5	3.432
4		Хяргас нуур	Uvs	1,028.5	1,407	75	19	31	46.9	80	66.034
5		Буйр нуур	Dornod	581	615	40	15	21	6.5	10.2	3.784
6		Хар нуур		1,132	575	37	16	24	4.2	7	2.422
7		Дөргөн нуур		1,132	305	24	13	17	14.3	27	4.367
8		Ачит нуур		1,435	297	24	12	18	2.2	5	0.665
9		Бөөн Цагаан нуур		1,312	252	24	11	19	9.3	16	2.355
10		Үүрэг нуур	Uvs	1,425	239	20	12	18	26.9	42	6.419
11		Тэлмэн нуур	Zavkhan	1,789	194	28	12	16	13.8	27	2.671
12		Улаан нуур	Ömnögovi	1,008	175	-	-	-	-	-	-
13		Сангийн Далай нуур		1,888	165	32	5	13	12.1	30	1.995
14		Айраг нуур	Uvs	1,030	143	18	9	13	5.7	10	0.820
15		Орог нуур		1,217	140	31.8	2	7.7	3.0	5	0.420
16		Яхь нуур	Dornod	670	97	20.4	4.2	11.9	2.3	4	0.223
17		Хар нуур	Zavkhan	1,980	84.5	29.3	3.5	6.6	19.6	47	1.654
18		Толбо нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,080	84	21	4	7	6.8	12	0.571
19		Хурган нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,072	71	23.3	3	6	7.8	28	0.537
20		Даян нуур	Bayan-Ölgii	2,232	67	18	4	9	2.3	4	0.157
21		Доод Цагаан нуур	Khövsgöl	1,538	64	18	4	7	6.0	14	0.384
22		Баян нуур	Zavkhan	1,491	64	14	5	8	21.7	50	1.390
23		Хар-Ус нуур	Uvs	1,574	63	19	5	7.8	5.2	8.2	0.3265
24		Ойгон нуур	Zavkhan	1,664	61	18	3	8	3.4	8	0.207
25		Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур	Arkhangai	2,060	61	16	4	6	6.0	20	0.369
26		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)

Notes and References

1. http://raise.suiri.tsukuba.ac.jp/new/press/youshi_sugita8.pdf "Surface Water of Mongolia", Gombo Davaa, Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar, Michiaki Sugita