Lake Uvs

Uvs Nuur is a broad, shallow salt lake in a landlocked basin between the Altai and the mountains of Tuva. The Tes River supplies much of its water, but no river carries water out to the sea. The lake is a remnant of a far larger ancient body of water and freezes over for much of the year. Around it, deserts, steppe and high mountains meet in a landscape of extraordinary contrasts.