Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake ( Mongolian : Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур , romanized : Terkhiin Tsagaan nuur , [tʰirˈçin t͡sʰaˈʁaɴ nʊːr] , is a fresh-water lake in the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia , located in Tariat soum of Arkhangai province. In 670 km to the capital city Ulaanbaatar and 180 km to the center of Tariat soum.
6-667: The Khorgo volcano is located near the eastern end of the lake, 10 rivers join this lake and only the Suman River springs from it. The lake is located in Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park . According to the joint 2022 study of Mongolia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism and World Wide Fund for Nature , the area of the lake decreased by 6.4% from 7950.0 ha in 1995 to 7440.1 ha in 2015. This resulted in reduction of wetlands areas by 23.5% and increase by 39.4% of sands and eroded lands surrounding
12-520: A base diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft) and a height of 120 m (390 ft). On top of the cone there is a crater 180 m (590 ft) wide. A notable geological feature is the solidified lava bubbles, which the locals have named "basalt yurts ". < Around 8,000 years ago during the Holocene , the Khorgo cinder cone erupted, with lava flooding the valley below, forming a lava dam which created
18-469: The Terkhiin Tsagaan lake and together they are the core of the Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park . The surrounding park has been a protected area since 1965 as a nature reserve , becoming fully protected in 1994/1997 as a national park , in order to safeguard the scenery and the endangered flora and fauna of the area. Khorgo is situated at an altitude of 2,210 m (7,250 ft), with
24-424: The Terkhiin Tsagaan lake . The valleys surrounding the volcano are today populated by small forests of Siberian larch with a variety of flora and fauna. This includes wild goats , wild boars , various species of bird such as the ruddy shelduck and various species of deer such as red deer and Siberian deer. There is no lake in the crater of Khorgo, but clouds of steam are sometimes emitted from crevices in
30-656: The fountain. Since that time this lake is exist here. The top of "Uran mandal" mountain is Small Island that mentioned above. This article related to a lake in Mongolia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Khorgo Khorgo ( Mongolian : Хорго ) is a dormant volcano in the Taryatu-Chulutu volcanic field in the Tariat district in the Arkhangai Province of Mongolia . Khorgo lies east of
36-476: The lake. An ancient time, a mother and son were living this land and they carried their drink water from small fountain from the deep of ground. After they take some water they have to bung it. But one day son went to this fountain to take drink water but he forgot to bung it after take and he slept next to the fountain. Later some minutes this some area covered by huge water and son's mother worried about his son and she take top of mountain named "Uran mandal", bung
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