Ayrag Nuur
- Country:Mongolia
- Site number:977
- Area:45,000 ha
- Designation date:06-04-1999
- Coordinates:48°52'N 93°25'E
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Overview
Ayrag Nuur. 13/04/99; Hovd Province; 45,000 ha; 48°53'N 093°25'E. Proposed National Park. A shallow, freshwater lake in the Mongolian Great Lakes Basin. An exceptionally important breeding and resting site for a variety of waterbirds and the only remaining place in Mongolia where the Dalmatian Pelican regularly comes to breed. The lake is of fundamental importance for the groundwater recharge of the area. Other noteworthy waterbird species include the globally threatened Swan Goose and Relict Gull. Land use around the wetland is limited to semi-nomadic animal husbandry. Ramsar site no. 977. Most recent RIS information: 1999.
Administrative region:
Uvs Province
- National legal designation:
- none
- Last publication date:06-04-1999
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Additional reports and documents
- Taxonomic lists of plant and animal species occurring in the site