Hulun Lake
| Hulun Lake | |
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Panorama of lake with reed beds. | |
| Location | Inner Mongolia (China) |
| Coordinates | 48°58′23″N 117°26′08″E / 48.97306°N 117.43556°E |
| Primary inflows | Kherlen River, Orshuun Gol |
| Primary outflows | Mutnaya Protoka (temporal Argun River−Amur Basin tributary) |
| Catchment area | 33,469 km2 (12,922 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | China, Mongolia |
| Max. length | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Max. width | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Surface area | 2,339 km2 (903 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 5.7 m (19 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 539 m (1,768 ft) |
| Official name | Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia |
| Designated | 11 January 2002 |
| Reference no. | 1146 |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 呼倫湖 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 呼伦湖 | ||||||
| Postal | Hulun Lake | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хөлөн нуур | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ | ||||||
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Hulun Lake (simplified Chinese: 呼伦湖; traditional Chinese: 呼倫湖; pinyin: Hūlún Hú; Mongolian: Хөлөн нуур, romanized: Khölön nuur; lit. 'foot lake') or Dalai Lake (Mongolian: Далай нуур, romanized: Dalai nuur; lit. 'ocean lake') is a large lake in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China.