Zavkhan River
| 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, IPA: [t͡sáʊχəɴ ɢɔɮ]) is a river in Mongolia that flows from the Khangai Mountains into Lake Khyargas, and has a draining area of over 77,840 square kilometres (30,050 mi2). 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]
During the Mongol Empire, it appears to have been the territory of the family of Möngke Khan, and Jami' al-tawarikh mention that Mongke's son, Ürüng tash, was in a river called Zavkhan mörön.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Zavkhan info Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Muḥammad Rawshan & Muṣṭafá Mūsavī, Jāmiʿ al-Tavārīkh, (Tihrān, 1373 [1994 or 1995]), p. 885/Thackston, W. M, Classical writings of the medieval Islamic world v. 3, (London, 2012), p. 305
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