Uvs Lake

Salt lake

The Uvs Nuur (Mongolian Увс Нуур; Tuvan Успа - Холь, Uspa -Chol; Russian Убсу - Нур, UBSU - only ), with an area of about 3350 km ² the largest lake in Mongolia.

The lake is part of the basin of the Great Lakes in the north- western Mongolia. The most important tributary is the Tes ( Tesiin Gol ) from the northeast. A few kilometers of the shore and a small area of ​​north-eastern part of the lake belong to the Autonomous Republic of Tuva of the Russian Federation. The largest located close to the lake city is Ulaangom to the southwest. In 1997, the Biosphere Reserve Uvs Nuur Basin was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Uvs Nuur Basin comprises several different ecosystems, such as the snow fields in Turgen mountains, the lakes and steppes, the deserts of Altan Els The Uvs Nuur Basin represents the boundary between Siberia and Central Asia dar. There, the temperatures vary between -58 ° C in winter and 47 ° C in summer. Despite these harsh climatic conditions are native to this region, 173 bird species and 41 mammal species. The Uvs Nuur is the habitat for many water birds. In the deserts and mountain regions around the lake rare species such as the Mongolian gerbil, snow leopard, mountain sheep ( argali ) and the Siberian ibex live.

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