Hulun Lake
Hulun Lake (simplified Chinese: 呼伦湖; traditional Chinese: 呼倫湖; pinyin: Hūlún Hú; Mongolian: hölön nuur Хөлөн нуур, lit. foot lake) or Dalai Nor, Dalai Lake (Mongolian: Dalai nuur Далай нуур, lit. ocean lake), is a large lake in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China.
| Hulun Lake | |
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Panorama of lake with reed beds. | |
Hulun Lake | |
| Location | Inner Mongolia (China) |
| Coordinates | 48°58′23″N 117°26′08″E |
| Primary inflows | Kherlen River, Orshuun Gol |
| Primary outflows | Mutnaya Protoka (temporal Argun River−Amur Basin tributary) |
| Catchment area | 33,469 km2 (12,922 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | China, Mongolia |
| Max. length | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Max. width | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Surface area | 2,339 km2 (903 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 5.7 m (19 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 539 m (1,768 ft) |
Ramsar Wetland | |
| Official name | Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia |
| Designated | 11 January 2002 |
| Reference no. | 1146 |
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