Khar Lake
The western shore of Khar Nuur
Khar Lake
Location	Great Lakes Depression, Western Mongolia
Coordinates	48°05′N 93°12′E / 48.08°N 93.2°E / 48.08; 93.2
Lake type	eutrophic
Primary inflows	Chono Kharaikh Gol
Primary outflows	Teeliin Gol
Catchment area	76,800 km2 (29,700 sq mi)[1]
Basin countries	Mongolia, Russia[2]
Max. length	37 km (23 mi)
Max. width	24 km (15 mi)
Surface area	575 km2 (222 sq mi)
Average depth	4.2 m (14 ft)
Max. depth	7 m (23 ft)
Water volume	2.422 km3 (0.581 cu mi)
Residence time	1.7 years
Surface elevation	1,132.3 m (3,715 ft)
Frozen	December - April

Khar Lake (Mongolian: Хар нуур, ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ, lit. "black lake"is located in the Khovd aimag (province) in western Mongolia's Great Lakes Depression.

Name

It is also known as Ha-la Hu, Hara Nuur, Har Nuur, Khara Nur, Khar Nuur, and Ozero Kara-Nor^[3]

It should be distinguished from the similarly named Khar Lake (Zavkhan), another lake further east in Mongolia.

Description

It is part of a group of lakes that were once part of a larger prehistoric lake that disappeared 5,000 years ago as the region became drier.

Some sources are using different Khar Lake statistics values:^[4]

• Water level: 1,134.08 m
• Surface area: 565.2 km²
• Average depth: 4.14 m
• Volume: 2.34 km³.

Water Balance

Khar Lake has a single inflow - Chono Kharaikh Gol river, which creates a river delta.

Khar Lake has a connection to Dörgön Nuur south of it.