Khuvsgul National park covers 8.381 square kilometers including the Khuvsgul Lake and its watershed, the Lake Basin, and parts of Zunii Saran Mountain. It has been protected since 1992. The Taiga forest has Euro Asian otter, beaver, moose, reindeer, argali, Siberian ibex, snow leopard, red deer, Siberian roe deer and many other wild animals. The Lake of Khuvsgul Nuur covers an area 2.612 square kilometers. It’s a large lake, extending 134 kilometers north south and 39 kilometers east west. Dominating the western shore of the lake is the Khoridol Saridag Mountain, which attains an attitude of 1.624 meters above sea level, just west of the National park boundary. 96 rivers and streams feed into the lake and the Egiin River exists from it, draining into the Orkhon River and so to the Lake Baikal in the Russian Federation. Khuvsgul Nuur is the deepest lake in central Asia, with maximum depth of 262 meters. Its water is crystal clear and fresh. The reflections of larch forests and majestic mountains in the lake water are amazing. Plenty of fish found in the lake such as Baikal omul, lenok, umber, Siberian grayling and river perch.