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Chinese (Pinyin):
Buir Hu or
(Wade-Giles romanization):
Pei-erh Hu
Mongol:
Buir Nur or Buyr Nuur
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Lake Buir

lake, Asia
Also known as: Buir Hu, Buir Nur, Buyr Nuur, Pei-erh Hu
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Lake Buir, lake largely in eastern Mongolia, on the border with northeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. It has an area of 235 square miles (609 square km). It receives the Halhïn (Halaha) River from the southeast, and its outlet, the Orxon (Orshun) River, flows into Lake Hulun to the north.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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