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@enkhee_lish - UnsplashШирээт нуур / Shireet Nuur
📍 Mongolia
Shireet Nuur is the largest lake in Khuisiin Naiman Nuur, the “Eight Lakes” area of the Khangai Mountains, in Uyanga district of Mongolia’s Övörkhangai province. This highland lake group occupies terrain shaped by ancient volcanic activity, with open grassland and larch woodland covering the surrounding slopes. Shireet’s broad stretch of water gives a clear sense of the mountain basin’s scale: rounded ridgelines rise beyond the shore, while rocky edges and dark bands of forest provide contrasting textures. In calm conditions, reflections bring the wooded slopes into the lake’s surface.
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