Zavkhan River
Appearance
Zavkhan River | |
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Native name | Завхан гол (Mongolian) |
Location | |
Country | Mongolia |
Aimags | Zavkhan, Govi-Altai |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Buyant River |
• location | Khangai Mountains |
2nd source | Shar-Us River |
Mouth | Khyargas Lake in Great Lakes Depression |
• location | Khyargas, Uvs, Mongolia |
Length | 670 km (420 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Shurga River |
Zavkhan River (Mongolian: Завхан гол, romanized: Zawhan gol, pronounced [ˈt͡saw̜χəɴ ɢɔɮ]) is a river in Mongolia. It flows from Khangai Mountains to Lake Khyargas, and has a draining area of over 77,840 square kilometres (30,055 square miles). The river forms most of the border between the Govi-Altai and Zavkhan aimags. The length of the river is 670 kilometres (420 mi).[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zavkhan info Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
48°51′22″N 93°20′40″E / 48.85611°N 93.34444°E