Buir only
Buir only | ||
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Geographical location | Inner Mongolia ( PR China ), Dornod-Aimag ( Mongolia ) | |
Tributaries | Chalcha | |
Drain | Orxon → Hulun Nur | |
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Coordinates | 47 ° 48 ' N , 117 ° 42' E | |
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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
- ↑ a b Article Buir Only in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ^ Cihai, p. 86.