Khurgan Lake
View of lake taken during ISS Expedition 28
Khurgan Lake is located in Mongolia
Khurgan Lake
Khurgan Lake
LocationBayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia
Coordinates48°32′46″N 88°36′22″E / 48.54611°N 88.60611°E / 48.54611; 88.60611
Primary inflowsKhovd River
Basin countriesMongolia
Max. length23.3 km (14.5 mi)
Max. width6 km (3.7 mi)
Surface area71 km2 (27 sq mi)
Average depth7.8 m (26 ft)
Max. depth28 m (92 ft)
Water volume0.537 km3 (435,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation2,072 m (6,798 ft)

Khurgan Lake (Mongolian: Хурган нуур) is a lake located in the district of Tsengel, in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia.

The lake is connected to Khoton Lake by a wide and short channel (about 2 km (1 mi)); both, together with the Dayan Lake, feed the Khovd River.[1] Khurgan Lake is located within the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park.[2]

Climate

The climate is cold.[3] The average temperature is -4 °C. The warmest month is July, at 14 °C, and the coldest is December, at -24 °C.[4] The average rainfall is 278 millimeters per year. The wettest month is July, with 55 millimeters of rain, and the wettest is February, with 6 millimeters.[5]

References

  1. ^ Khoton and Khurgan lakes
  2. ^ Altaj Tavan Bogd Archived 18 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016.


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