Cleaning Khuvsgul Lake

As part of the Eastern Power Union of Mongolia, experts from Russia, Korea, China and India have partnered up and headed to Khuvsgul Province to clean Khuvsgul Lake’s bottom on July 16.

A team of ten experts, working for a “Clean Lake, Clear World”, will work at Khuvsgul Lake between July 18 and July 21 and relieve the lake from ship and vehicle wrecks as well as other garbage.

They believe the lake’s depth is 260 meters and have calculated that many vehicles and ships have sunk in the lake since 1960.

According to one study, around 60 to 70 percent of the vehicles in the lake had full fuel tanks before being submerged. Four Korean divers will dive to the bottom of the lake and assist in the removal of a 10 ton truck at the cost of two to three billion MNT. Secretary General of the union, Ts.Batbayar, pledged that it is only the start of a very big project.

Khuvsgul Lake holds four percent of the world’s fresh water and comprises 65 percent of Mongolia’s fresh water reserve. The lake was formed two million years ago and there are only 16 other lakes as old as Khvsgul. In total, 966 rivers flow into Khuvsgul Lake while it only flows to Eg River.

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