Lake Ulungur

Lake Ulungur lies at the northern edge of the Junggar Basin, south of the Altai Mountains. The Ulungur River flows into the smaller eastern lake, Jili, whose waters pass through a channel to the larger Buluntuo Lake. Together they form an inland lake system surrounded by dry steppe and desert. The river brings water down from the mountains, sustaining a broad expanse of open water in an otherwise arid region.