Buir Lake

Buir Lake
Satellite image of Buir Lake
Location Dornod Province, Mongolia and Hulunbei'er, China
Coordinates 47°48′N 117°40′E / 47.800°N 117.667°E / 47.800; 117.667Coordinates: 47°48′N 117°40′E / 47.800°N 117.667°E / 47.800; 117.667
Official name Lake Buir and its surrounding wetlands
Designated 22 March 2004
Reference no. 1377[1]

Buir Lake (Mongolian: Буйр нуур; 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 Dynasty on the Buir Lake region. Northern Yuan ruler Tögüs Temür tried to escape but was killed shortly afterwards.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lake Buir and its surrounding wetlands". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Translations on People's Republic of China", by United States Joint Publications Research Service
  3. ↑ The Mongol empire & its legacy, by Reuven Amitai-Preiss, David Morgan, pg 293


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