Buir Lake
| Buir Lake | |
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,_LandSat-7_2005-08-9.png?lang=en) Satellite image of Buir Lake | |
  Buir Lake | |
| Location | Dornod Province, Mongolia and Hulunbei'er, China |
| Coordinates | 47°48′25″N 117°41′32″E / 47.80694°N 117.69222°E |
| Official name | Lake Buir and its surrounding wetlands |
| Designated | 22 March 2004 |
| Reference no. | 1377[1] |
Buir Lake (Mongolian: Буйр нуур, romanized: Buyır nağur; Chinese: 贝尔湖; pinyin: Bèi'ěr Hú) is a freshwater lake that straddles the border between Mongolia and China. It lies within the Buir Lake Depression. The Chinese city of Hulunbuir is named after both this lake and Hulun Lake, which lies entirely on the Chinese side of the border in Inner Mongolia.[2]
In 1388, Ming forces under Lan Yu won a major victory over the Northern Yuan on the Buir Lake region. Northern Yuan ruler Tögüs Temür tried to escape but was killed shortly afterwards.[3]
It is currently the only place where Mongolian navy is useful and patrols, with a small number of motorboats used by border guards. Indeed, Mongolia has no navy due to its landlocked status, since its fleet sank during the Mongol invasions of Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lake Buir and its surrounding wetlands". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Translations on People's Republic of China", by United States Joint Publications Research Service
- ^ The Mongol empire & its legacy, by Reuven Amitai-Preiss, David Morgan, pg 293
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