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By Adiyabold / February 5, 2015 Khuvsgul Lake is one of the Mongolian top places to visit and natural protected area. This is the largest fresh water lake and traditionally Mongolians worshipped nature and relating to it called Lake Mother. The meaning of the lake name is “Blue Water Lake” and located Northern Mongolia bordering with Russia. It is 1,645 metres   above sea level , 136 kilometres long and 262 metres deep. It is the second-most biggest freshwater lake in Asia, and holds almost 70% of Mongolia's fresh water and 0.4% of all the fresh water in the world . There are around 46 rivers inflows to Khuvsgul lake and It is drained at the south end by the   Egiin Gol , which connects to the   Selenge   and ultimately into   Lake Baikal . Between the two lakes, the water travels a distance of more than 1,000 km . But the direct distance between Bakal Lake and Khuvsgul Lake is only 200 km. The lake is considered old lake and estimated to 2 million years old. Because of lo