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Khuvsgul nuur is located in the northwest of Mongolia near the Russian border, at the foot of the eastern Sayan Mountains. It is 1,645 metres 5,397 feet above sea level, 136 kilometres 85 miles long and 262 metres 860 feet deep. It is the second-most voluminous freshwater lake in Asia, and holds almost 70% of Mongolia`s fresh water and 0.4% of all the fresh water in the world.[1] The town of Hatgal is at the southern end of the lake.