Böön Tsagaan Lake

Boontsagaan Lake
Böön Tsagaan Lake taken from a commercial airliner (2006-01-30)
Boontsagaan Lake
Location	Bayakhongor
Coordinates	45°33′N 99°04′E
Basin countries	Mongolia
Max. length	24 km (15 mi)
Max. width	11 km (6.8 mi)
Surface area	252 km^2 (97 sq mi)
Average depth	9.3 m (31 ft)
Max. depth	16 m (52 ft)
Surface elevation	1,312 m (4,304 ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Boon Tsagaan Nuur
Designated	6 July 1998
Part of	Valley of the Lakes

Böön Tsagaan Lake (Mongolian: Бөөн Цагаан нуур) is a large saline lake in Bayakhongor province in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia.[1]

Böön Tsagaan Lake and the nearby Taatsiin Tsagaan Lake, Adgiin Tsagaan Lake, and Orog Lake, are collectively designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance under the name "Valley of the Lakes".

See also

• Ramsar sites in Mongolia

References

1. Komatsu, G (2001), "Paleoshoreline geomorphology of Böön Tsagaan Nuur, Tsagaan Nuur and Orog Nuur: The Valley of Lakes, Mongolia", Geomorphology, 39 (3–4): 83, doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(00)00095-7