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Valley of the Lakes, Mongolia.

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: t-asmon-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 43 * 34 cm

The Altai Mountains separate two very large, desert, sparsely inhabited regions"the Valley of the Lakes in western Mongolia and the Dzungarian Basin in northwestern China. The brownish intermontane basin of the Valley of the Lakes region shows an assortment of desert landforms"alluvial fans, inland river deltas, intermittently flowing streams, and dry lakebeds. The four larger lakes captured in this photograph are Uvs (the northernmost lake partially obscured by cirrus clouds); Hyargas (immediately south of Uvs); Hara and Doroo (south of Hyagas); and Har Us (west of Hara). Each of these lakes is fed by the runoff from glaciers and snowmelt from mountains. When this photograph was taken, on april 14 1994, most of these lakes were partially covered with ice.

Keywords for this photo:

1994 - ASIA - ATMOSPHERE - CLOUD - DESERT - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - LAKE - LIMB - MONGOLIA - VALLEY - VALLEY OF THE LAKES -