The Juyan Lake is a former lake in the Gobi desert. It is located in the western part of Inner Mongolia, in Ejin Banner of the Alxa League, near the border with Outer Mongolia. Goshun Nur had an area of 267 km2 103 sq mi in 1958, of 213 km2 82 sq mi in 1960, and has dried up in 1961. The eastern lake reappeared in 2005. As of August 2012, the area of the lake is 38 km2 15 sq mi.The Juyan Lake basin is a rare wetland located in a desert. It covers an area of about 10,000 square kilometres 3,900 sq mi. The Juyan lake is one of three former terminal lakes located at the outer edges of the Heihe River `Black River` catchment which formed a large inland delta between the Qilian and the Gobi Altay.
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