Airag Nuur

Airag Nuur lies beside a freshwater lake in the dry Great Lakes Depression of western Mongolia. The lake is joined to the much larger saline Khyargas Nuur by a channel that remains open through winter. Once the two lakes occupied one basin; their waters form part of a chain extending south towards Khar and Khar-Us. The contrast between freshwater and salt lakes is a striking feature of this inland basin.