Thelakes inMongolia are distributed unevenly across the country. Many, including some of the largest, can be found in theGreat Lakes Depression between theAltai,Khangai andTannu-Ola mountain ranges in the west. A second group can be found in mountain valleys throughout the country.Lake Khövsgöl in arift valley south of the RussianSayan Mountains has the largest volume because of its great depth. The remaining lakes found in thesteppe areas and in theGobi Desert are usually smaller and shallow.

Lakes in Mongolia cover a total area of 16,003 km². Out of the total number of lakes, 83.7% are 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]

• Ministry of Environment of Mongolia web site(in Mongolian)

• Lakes of Mongolia
• Lists of lakes by country
• Lists of landforms of Mongolia

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