🌊 Juyan Lake

The Juyan Lake is an endorheic lake in the Badain Jaran Desert. It is located in the western part of Inner Mongolia, in Ejin Banner of the Alxa League, near the border with Mongolia. It originally referred to two lakes, the western of which was called Gashuun Nuur in Mongolian. Through the process of desertification, Gashuun Nuur had an area of 267 km2 (103 sq mi) in 1958, 213 km2 (82 sq mi) in 1960, and dried up completely in 1961. The eastern lake followed in 1992, but reappeared in 2005. As of August 2012, the area of the lake is 38 km2 (15 sq mi).