Hulun Lake

Hulun Lake
Panorama of lake with reed beds.
Hulun Lake
LocationInner Mongolia (China)
Coordinates48°58′23″N 117°26′08″E / 48.97306°N 117.43556°E / 48.97306; 117.43556
Primary inflowsKherlen River, Orshuun Gol
Primary outflowsMutnaya Protoka (temporal Argun River−Amur Basin tributary)
Catchment area33,469 km2 (12,922 sq mi)
Basin countriesChina, Mongolia
Max. length90 km (56 mi)
Max. width27 km (17 mi)
Surface area2,339 km2 (903 sq mi)
Average depth5.7 m (19 ft)
Surface elevation539 m (1,768 ft)
Official nameDalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia
Designated11 January 2002
Reference no.1146
Hulun Lake
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese呼倫湖
Simplified Chinese呼伦湖
PostalHulun Lake
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHūlún Hú
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХөлөн нуур
Mongolian scriptᠬᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCKülün naɣur

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.