Buir only

Buir only
Geographical location	Inner Mongolia ( PR China ), Dornod-Aimag ( Mongolia )
Tributaries	Chalcha
Drain	Orxon → Hulun Nur
	Data
Coordinates	47 ° 48 ' N , 117 ° 42' E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ' N , 117 ° 42' E
Altitude above sea level	583 m
surface	610 km²
length	33 km
width	20 km
Maximum depth	11 m
Middle deep	8 m

Buir Nur ( Mongolian Буйр нуур , Buir nuur ) is a freshwater lake on the border between Mongolia and the People's Republic of China . It is located in the north of the easternmost tip of Mongolia and in the southwest of the New Right Bargu Banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the Buir Depression . The oval lake is 33 km long, 20 km wide, its surface is 610 square kilometers, the average water depth is about 8 m. It is connected to the Hulun Nur in the north by the Orxon River (Wuerxun He, 烏爾遜河). Its water quality is very good and there are plenty of carp in it .

A battle between the armies of the Manchurian-Chinese Ming dynasty and the Mongolian Northern Yuan took place near the lake in 1388 ; the Chinese won and 70,000 Mongols were captured.

literature

reference books

Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5

References and comments

[gse-1] Article Buir Only in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)

[2] Cihai, p. 86.