Uvs Lake is the largest saline
lake in Mongolia and creates
unique wetlands in the Great
Lakes Depression. With its reed beds and freshwater river deltas it provides significant
nesting and resting areas for numerous migratory species. The Uvs lake basin belongs to the
Altai-Sayan part of the 200 eco-regions, id
entified by the WWF that
should be protected
internationally. The Lake Basin
has unique feature to represen
t the country’s entire natural
zones and geographical belts from wetlands to high mountain glaciers. Also, the basin is one
of the largest centers of the
Euro-Asian biodiversity
ithin 10 to 60 km from the lake