This is a list of notable rivers of

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

, arranged geographically by

river basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

. The Mongolian words for river are ''gol'' (') and ''mörön'' ('), with the latter usually used for larger rivers. The Mongolian names also occasionally have a

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, with the name of the river having the suffix ''-iin'' (') or ''-yn'' ('). For example, Ider River is ''Ideriin Gol'' (), having the meaning "River of Ider".

Longest rivers

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Kherlen River Kherlen River (also known as Kern or Kerülen; ; ) is a 1,254 km river in Mongolia and China. Course The river originates in the south slopes of the Khentii mountains, near the Burkhan Khaldun mountain in the Khan Khentii Strictly Protec ...

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Tuul River , , "to wade through" , nickname = Queen Tuul , image = Tuul River Mongolia.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = The Tuul flowing through the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park , map = Toula (riv ...

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Zavkhan River Zavkhan River ( mn, Завхан гол, Zawhan gol, ) is a river in Mongolia. It flows from Khangai Mountains to Lake Khyargas, and has a draining area of over . The river forms most of the border between the Govi-Altai and Zavkhan aimags. Th ...

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Selenge River The Selenga or Selenge ( ; bua, Сэлэнгэ гол / Сэлэнгэ мүрэн, translit=Selenge gol / Selenge müren; russian: Селенга́, ) is a major river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia. Originating from its headwater tributaries, ...

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Eg River The Egiin Gol ( mn, Эгийн гол) is a river in the Khövsgöl and Bulgan aimags in northern Mongolia. It is the only outflow of Lake Khövsgöl and a left tributary of the Selenge river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .< ...

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Flowing into the Arctic Ocean

*''Yenisei River (Russia)'' **''Angara River (Russia)'', flowing out of

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

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Chikoy River mn, Цѳх голrussian: Чикой , image = Река Чикой у села Поворот.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = View of the Chikoy River near Povorot village , pushpin_map = Russia Bury ...

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Menza River russian: Менза , image = Менза.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = View of the river , pushpin_map = Russia Zabaykalsky Krai , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location i ...

*****Katantsa River ****''Dzhida River (Russia)'' ***** Zelter River (, Bulgan/ Selenge/

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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Arkhangai The Arkhangai Province or Arkhangai Aimag ( mn, Архангай аймаг, Arhangai aimag, ; "North Khangai") is one of the 21 aimags of Mongolia. It is located slightly west of the country's center, on the northern slopes of the Khangai Mou ...

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Tamir River The Tamir () is a river flowing through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in the Arkhangai aimag of central Mongolia. For most of its length, the Tamir is divided into two branches, the Northern Tamir (, ) and the Southern Tamir (, ). The Nor ...

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Kharaa River ''Natural Selection'' is a Mod (computer gaming), modification for the video game ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life''. Its concept is a mixture of the first-person shooter and real-time strategy game genres. The game was created by Charlie "Fl ...

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Darkhan-Uul Darkhan-Uul ( mn, Дархан-Уул, literally ''Blacksmith Mountain'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the north of the country. History The city Darkhan was founded on October 17, 1961, as a second indus ...

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Üür River The Üür River ( mn, Үүрийн гол) is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag of northern Mongolia. It starts in about 30 km from the Russian border in Tsagaan-Üür sum, from the confluence of the ''Old Üür'' () and the ''Young Üür'' ( ...

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Tarvagatai River Tarvagatai River ( mn, Тарвагатайн гол) is a river in the Teshig sum of Bulgan aimag in Mongolia. It starts about 30 km north of the sum center of Selenge sum in the Angarkhai mountain range, and discharges into the Egiin Gol c ...

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Chuluut River Chuluut River ( mn, Чулуут гол, ''stony river'') is a river flowing through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia, and a tributary of the Ider River. It is 415 km long, the width at the mouth into the Ider river ...

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Beltes River Beltes River ( mn, Бэлтэсийн Гол) is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag of Mongolia. It starts in the Renchinlkhümbe sum in the south-western range of the Khoridol Saridag mountains, about 40 km north-west of Khatgal. It ends by ent ...

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Bügsiin River Bügsiin River ( mn, Бүгсийн Гол) is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag in Mongolia. It starts in the Bürentogtokh sum near the eastern end of Sangiin Dalai Lake, passes by the Tömörbulag sum center ''Jargalant'' and ends in the Töm ...

(, Khövsgöl) **''Lesser Yenisei (Russia)'' *** Kyzyl-Khem () **** Büsein River **** Shishged River (, Khövsgöl) ***** Sharga River (, Khövsgöl) *****

Tengis River Tengis River ( mn, Тэнгис гол) is a river in the Tsagaannuur sum of Khövsgöl aimag in northern Mongolia. It runs through the western part of "East Taiga", the northern extension of the Darkhad valley. The river starts near the Russia ...

(, Khövsgöl)

Flowing into the
Sea of Okhotsk The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...
(Pacific Ocean)

*''Amur River (Russia/China)'' **''Shilka River (Russia)'' ***

Onon River The Onon (, ''Onon gol''; ) is a river in Mongolia and Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Онон

(Онон гол)

Flowing into
endorheic basin An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...
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Hulun Lake Hulun Lake (; mn, hölön nuur Хөлөн нуур, lit. ''foot lake'') or Dalai Nor ( mn, Dalai nuur Далай нуур, lit. ''ocean lake''), is a large lake in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China. Geography It is one of the five large ...

(Хэрлэн гол)

Ulaan Lake Ulaan Lake () () ( zh, 乌兰湖) was a lake in the districts of Mandal-Ovoo and Bulgan, in Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East ...

Ongi River The Ongi River ( mn, Онги гол, zh, 翁金河, 翁金高勒) flows from the southeastern slopes of the Khangai Mountains in Övörkhangai Province for through the endorheic Ongi River Basin in Mongolia and through the aimag capital Arvai ...

Great Lakes Depression The Great Lakes Depression ( mn, Их нууруудын хотгор, ''Ikh Nuuruudyn Khotgor''), also called the Great Lakes' Hollow, is a large semi-arid depression in Mongolia that covers parts of the Uvs, Khovd, Bayan-Ölgii, Zavkhan and ...

Khar-Us Lake Khar-Us Lake ( mn, Хар-Ус нуур, Har-Us nuur; "Black-Aqua Lake", zh, 哈尔乌斯湖, 黑水湖) is a lake in western Mongolia in the Great Lakes Depression. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dö ...

Khovd River Khovd River ( mn, Ховд гол, Howd gol, ) is a river in Mongolia. It flows from Tavan Bogd mountain of the Altai Mountains The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central and East Asia, where Russia ...

Uvs Nuur Basin Uvs Lake Basin (also Uvs Nuur Basin or Ubs Nuur Basin; mn, Увс нуурын хотгор, Uws nuuriin hotgor) is an endorheic basin located on the territorial border of Mongolia and Tuva, a republic of the Russian Federation. The basin is part ...

Rivers draining into endorheic

Uvs Lake Uvs Lake ( mn, Увс нуур, Uws nuur, ; russian: Озеро Убсу-Нур, Ozero Ubsu-Nur; zh, 乌布苏湖, wū bù sū hú, pinyin: ''Wū Bù Sū hú'') is a highly saline lake in an endorheic basin—Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia with a s ...

, forming the drainage of the Uvs Lake Basin * Kharkhiraa River *Sangil gol * Turuun River *Nariin gol *

Tes River The Tes River ( Mongolian: Тэс гол; tyv, Тес-Хем; zh, 特斯河, 特斯高勒) is a river in northwestern Mongolia and southern Tuva, Russia. Its spring is in Tsagaan-Uul sum in Khövsgöl. The river then flows through Zavkhan (Mo ...

Shavar River Shavar River is a river of Mongolia. It is a tributary of the Tes River The Tes River ( Mongolian: Тэс гол; tyv, Тес-Хем; zh, 特斯河, 特斯高勒) is a river in northwestern Mongolia and southern Tuva, Russia. Its spring is in ...

** Tsereg River ** Khachig River ** Erzin River

Khyargas Lake Khyargas Lake Хяргас нуур, is a salt lake in Khyargas district, Uvs Province, Western Mongolia. Some sources are using different Khyargas Lake statistics values: Water level: 1,035.29 m Surface area: 1,481.1 km2 *Average dept ...

Dörgön Lake Dörgön Lake (, , zh, 德尔贡湖) is a saltwater lake in Khovd Province, Khovd, Mongolia. It is a part of the Great Lakes Depression, being one of the remnants of a prehistoric lake. It has a salinity of 4%. ReferencesДөргөн нуур
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*Teeliin gol, flowing out of Khar Lake **Chono Kharaikh gol, draining into Khar Lake

Ulungur Lake

*Bulgan River (

Ulungur River The Ulungur River / Urungu River or Urungu ( mn, Өрөнгө гол, translit=Öröngö Gol, zh, c=乌伦古河, p=Wūlúngǔ hé), in its upper reaches in Mongolia known as the Bulgan River ( mn, Булган гол), is a river of China and ...

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