The lakes in Mongolia are distributed unevenly across the country. Many, including some of the largest, can be found in the Great Lakes Depression between the Altai, Khangai and Tannu-Ola mountain ranges in the west. A second group can be found in mountain valleys throughout the country. Lake Khövsgöl in a rift valley south of the Russian Sayan Mountains has the largest volume because of its great depth. The remaining lakes found in the steppe areas and in the Gobi desert are usually smaller and shallow.

The total area of the lakes is 16,003 km². The 83.7% of the total lakes number are the 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]

Lakes with an area of more than 50 km²
RankNameMongolian
name
AimagElevation,
m
Area,
km²
Maximum
length,
km
Average
width,
km
Maximum
width,
km
Average
depth,
m
Maximum
depth,
m
Volume,
km3
1Uvs LakeУвс нуурUvs7593,35084407911.92039.6
2Khövsgöl LakeХөвсгөл нуурKhövsgöl1,6452,76013620.836.5137.9262380.7
3Khar-Us LakeХар-Ус нуурKhovd1,1571,57872.226272.24.53.432
4Khyargas LakeХяргас нуурUvs1,028.51,40775193146.98066.034
5Buir LakeБуйр нуурDornod5816154015216.510.23.784
6Khar Lake (Khovd)Хар нуурKhovd1,1325753716244.272.422
7Dörgön LakeДөргөн нуурKhovd1,13230524131714.3274.367
8Achit LakeАчит нуурUvs, Khovd1,4352972412182.250.665
9Böön Tsagaan LakeБөөн Цагаан нуурBayankhongor1,3122522411199.3162.355
10Üüreg LakeҮүрэг нуурUvs1,42523920121826.9426.419
11Telmen LakeТэлмэн нуурZavkhan1,78919428121613.8272.671
12Ulaan LakeУлаан нуурÖmnögovi1,008175------
13Sangiin Dalai LakeСангийн Далай нуурKhövsgöl, Zavkhan1,8881653251312.1301.995
14Airag LakeАйраг нуурUvs1,030143189135.7100.820
15Orog LakeОрог нуурBayankhongor1,21714031.827.73.050.420
16Yakhi LakeЯхь нуурDornod6709720.44.211.92.340.223
17Khar Lake (Zavkhan)Хар нуурZavkhan1,98084.529.33.56.619.6471.654
18Tolbo LakeТолбо нуурBayan-Ölgii2,0808421476.8120.571
19Khurgan LakeХурган нуурBayan-Ölgii2,0727123.3367.8280.537
20Dayan LakeДаян нуурBayan-Ölgii2,2326718492.340.157
21Dood Tsagaan NuurДоод Цагаан нуурKhövsgöl1,5386418476.0140.384
22Bayan LakeБаян нуурZavkhan1,49164145821.7501.390
23Khar-Us Lake (Uvs)Хар-Ус нуурUvs1,574631957.85.28.20.3265
24Oigon LakeОйгон нуурZavkhan1,6646118383.480.207
25Terkhiin Tsagaan LakeТэрхийн Цагаан нуурArkhangai2,0606116466.0200.369
26Khoton LakeХотон нуурBayan-Ölgii2,08450222.3426.8581.341

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