LOCATION:    ALAG-ERDENE, RENCHINLKHUMBE, KHANKH AND CHANDMANI-UNDUR DISTRICTS, KHUVSGUL PROVINCE

Lake Khuvsgul, which spans the territories of Alag-Erdene, Renchinlkhumbe, Khankh and Chandmani-Undur Districts of Khuvsgul Province, is believed to be seven million years old. It is located 101 kilometers north of the provincial capital Murun. Lake Khuvsgul covers an area of ​​2,760 square kilometers. It is 34-36 kilometers wide, 136 kilometers long and 262 meters deep, and located at an altitude of 1,645 meters above sea level. The lake has a total coastline of 414 kilometers and is the second largest in Asia in terms of water resources. About 70 percent of the lake’s bottom area, which accounts for 1 percent of the world’s freshwater, is more than 100 meters deep. By the second half of November it is completely frozen and its ice is 1 meter thick. Lake Khuvsgul is located 580 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar.

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