2003 Research Data: Lakes and Pools

Code* SRP03071102 SRP03071801 SRP03072301 SRP03072502 SRP03072803
GPS N 48.06536 48.97025 49.72086 49.95588 48.42153
GPS E 107.59355 107.14252 107.32710 105.33791 107.91496
Elevation (m) 1560 1059 819 668 1815
Site Name Oxbow on Tuul River Puddle nr. Aguit Gol Lake Khundgait Tsagaan Nuur Khagiin Har Nuur
Aimag Tov Selenge Selenge Selenge Tov
Soum Erdene Mandal Khuder Tsagaannuur Erdene
Location Description Gorkhi Terelj National Park, E side oxbow of Tuul River Aguit Gol Khandgait Lake 35.4 km E of Khandgait Brigade and c. 18 km SW of Khuder SW shore of Tsagaan Nuur Gorkhi Terelj National Park
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Date 11-Jul-2003 18-Jul-2003 23-Jul-2003 25-Jul-2003
28-Jul-2003
Lake Origin Oxbow  playa/puddle in road ND Saline Glacier
Water temp EC 13 6.2 27 24.2 17.2
Conductivity FS/cm 94.6 91.5 607 186.3 21.8
DO ppm 12.35 8.92  ND 2.75 8.69
TDS mg/L 59.1 68 283 90.5 11.8
Turbidity NTU 0.6 15.2 17.3 160 0.8
pH 8.8 7.9 10.18 9.57 7.83
Salinity saturation 0.1 0.2 0.2 ND ND
Dominant Substrate Sand Gravel Silt Silt ND
Watershed Characterization: Estimate from outer banks to 1 km out
% Trees (=Forest) 0 60 0 0 60
% Shrubs 20 20 0 0 40
% Forbes 40 5 50 30 0
% Grasses (=Grasslands) 40 5 50 70 0
% Other 0 0 0 0 0
Landuse in Watershed:  Estimate from outer banks to 1 km out
% Field (=Grazing) 60 20 90 100 25
% Town 0 0 0 0 0
% Human Habitants (=Ger) 0 0 0 0 0
% Forest (=Natural) 40 80 10 0 75
% Other 0 0 0 0 0
Condition of Riparian Zone ND ND ND ND ND
Grazing ** 3 0 2 0 ND
Erosion *** 1 0 1 1 ND
* Code = Selenge River Project (SRP) followed by two digits for year, two digits for month and two digits for day and two digits for site number sequence for that day.
**Grazing Codes (estimated from field notes for riparian zone): 0=no grazing evident; 1=slight grazing; 2=moderate grazing; 3=heavy/mixed grazing; 4=heavy grazing.
***Erosion Codes (estimated from field notes for riparian zone): 0=no erosion evident; 1=slight erosion; 2=moderate erosion; 3=heavy/mixed erosion; 4=heavy erosion.

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