Criterion 1.
The Uvs lake basin and surrounding wetla
nd is the largest Eu
rasian cool zone,
which has a unique natural and geological feature that harmonises desert-like steppe
landscape with wetland. The basi
n belongs to the Altai-Sayan part of the 200 eco-regions
identified by the WWF that should
be protected internationally.
Uvs lake, the northern
boundary of the Great Lakes Basin, has various natural environments, such as large wetlands,
reed belts, river deltas with forests, steppe and sand dunes etc.