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Achit Lake
Achit Lake
	Achit Lake satellite image (Landsat-7, 2007-08-13)
	Achit Lake
Location	Uvs Aimag
Coordinates	49°30′N 90°30′E / 49.500°N 90.500°E
Basin countries	Mongolia
Max. length	28 km (17 mi)
Max. width	16 km (9.9 mi)
Surface area	290 km2 (110 sq mi)
Surface elevation	1,435 m (4,708 ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands
Designated	22 March 2004
Reference no.	1376

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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.

References[edit]

^ "Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

External links[edit]

The Annotated Ramsar List: Mongolia
Big Soviet Encyclopaedia – Russian (АЧИТ-НУР)
Limnological Catalog of Mongolian Lakes

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[1] "Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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+{{Short description|A lake in Uvs Province, Mongolia}}
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+| name = Achit Lake
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+| image =Achit-Nuur_Lake,_Mongolia,_Landsat-7,_2007-08-13.jpg
-| caption_lake = Achit Nuur lake satellite image ([[Landsat-7]], 2007-08-13)
+| caption = Achit Lake satellite image ([[Landsat-7]], 2007-08-13)
+| alt = A satellite image of the lake
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- | elevation = 1,435 m
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+| embedded = {{Designation list
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+ | designation1 = Ramsar
+ | designation1_offname = Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands
+ | designation1_date = 22 March 2004
+ | designation1_number = 1376<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1376|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}
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-'''Achit Nuur''' ({{lang-mn|Ачит Нуур}}) is the largest freshwater [[lake]] in the [[Uvs Province|Uvs Aimag]] (province) of [[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 [[steppe]]s, mostly hilly but [[swampy]] on the northwest and northeast. Several rivers also flow into the lake.
+'''Achit Lake''' ({{lang-mn|Ачит Нуур}}, {{MongolUnicode|ᠠᠴᠢᠲᠤ}}{{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ}}, {{lang-zh|阿奇特湖}}) is the largest freshwater [[lake]] in [[Uvs Province|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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It is 28&nbsp;km long, 16&nbsp;km wide, and 10 m deep. The coast is covered with [[steppe]]s, mostly hilly but [[swamp]]y on the northwest and northeast. Several rivers flow into the lake.
+==See also==
+*[[Ramsar sites in Mongolia]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
+{{commons category}}
-*[http://www.philipp-bittner.com/Bse/A-GOGO/0228.htm Big Soviet Encyclopaedia] – Russian (АЧИТ-НУР)
+*[http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-pubs-notes-anno-mongolia/main/ramsar/1-30-168%5E16502_4000_0__ The Annotated Ramsar List: Mongolia]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070225100427/http://www.philipp-bittner.com/Bse/A-GOGO/0228.htm Big Soviet Encyclopaedia] – Russian (АЧИТ-НУР)
 *[http://www.geodata.es/mongolian_lakes Limnological Catalog of Mongolian Lakes]
-{{Mongolia-geo-stub}}
+{{Lakes in Mongolia}}
 [[Category:Lakes of Mongolia]]
+[[Category:Landforms of Uvs Province]]
+[[Category:Ramsar sites in Mongolia]]
+{{Mongolia-lake-stub}}
-[[cs:Ačit núr]]
-[[it:Ačit Nuur]]
-[[lv:Ačitnūrs]]
-[[lt:Ačit Nuras]]
-[[ru:Ачит-Нуур]]
-[[vi:Achit Nuur]]

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