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Mongolian salt lakes: some features of their geography, thermal patterns, chemistry and biology

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There are >3500 lakes of area >0.1 km2 in Mongolia. Most have salinities >1 g 1−1 Of these saline lakes, 12 have areas > 50 km2 each, 10, areas > 100 km2, and 2, areas > 1000 km2. Limnological investigations of salt lakes include morphometric studies, and investigations of bottom sediments, thermal regimes, chemical features, and biological (including fish) characteristics. Data from these investigations now provide a much clearer picture of the limnology of saline lakes in central Asia.

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Egorov, A.N. Mongolian salt lakes: some features of their geography, thermal patterns, chemistry and biology. Hydrobiologia 267, 13–21 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018788

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