Achit Lake (Mongolian: Ачит Нуур, ᠠᠴᠢᠲᠤᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ, Chinese: 阿奇特湖) is the largest freshwater lake in Uvs Aimag (Uvs province), Mongolia, in the west of the country. At an elevation of 1,435 m above sea level it covers an area of 290 km2. It is 28 km long, 16 km wide, and 10 m deep. The coast is covered with steppes, mostly hilly but swampy on the northwest and northeast. Several rivers flow into the lake.
Achit Lake
Achit Lake satellite image (Landsat-7, 2007-08-13)
achit, lake, mongolian, Ачит, Нуур, ᠠᠴᠢᠲᠤ, ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ, chinese, 阿奇特湖, largest, freshwater, lake, aimag, province, mongolia, west, country, elevation, above, level, covers, area, long, wide, deep, coast, covered, with, steppes, mostly, hilly, swampy, northwest, nort. Achit Lake Mongolian Achit Nuur ᠠᠴᠢᠲᠤ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ Chinese 阿奇特湖 is the largest freshwater lake in Uvs Aimag Uvs province Mongolia in the west of the country At an elevation of 1 435 m above sea level it covers an area of 290 km2 It is 28 km long 16 km wide and 10 m deep The coast is covered with steppes mostly hilly but swampy on the northwest and northeast Several rivers flow into the lake Achit LakeAchit Lake satellite image Landsat 7 2007 08 13 Achit LakeLocationUvs AimagCoordinates49 30 N 90 30 E 49 500 N 90 500 E 49 500 90 500Basin countriesMongoliaMax length28 km 17 mi Max width16 km 9 9 mi Surface area290 km2 110 sq mi Surface elevation1 435 m 4 708 ft Ramsar WetlandOfficial nameLake Achit and its surrounding wetlandsDesignated22 March 2004Reference no 1376 1 See also editRamsar sites in MongoliaReferences edit Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands Ramsar Sites Information Service Retrieved 25 April 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Achit Nuur lake The Annotated Ramsar List Mongolia Big Soviet Encyclopaedia Russian AChIT NUR Limnological Catalog of Mongolian Lakes nbsp This article related to a lake in Mongolia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Achit Lake amp oldid 1200227945, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
