The Tamir () is a river flowing through the
valley
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s of the
Khangai Mountains
The Khangai Mountains ( mn, Хангайн нуруу, Hangain nuruu, ); form a range in central Mongolia, some west of Ulaanbaatar.
Name
Two provinces of Mongolia are named after the Khangai mountains: Arkhangai (North Khangai) and Ovorkhanga ...
in the
Arkhangai aimag of central
Mongolia
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.
For most of its length, the Tamir is divided into two branches, the Northern Tamir (, ) and the Southern Tamir (, ).
The Northern Tamir starts between the ''Shalkhagiin Khoit'' mountain range and the ''Togoo'' Mountain in the
Ikh-Tamir sum.
The southern Tamir starts about 25 km to the south-west in the
Bulgan sum at the end of the ''Khairkhny'' mountain range.
The two branches run a roughly north-eastern course up to their confluence at the sum center of
Battsengel sum.
The Tamir is a main tributary of the
Orkhon River
The Orkhon River (; mn, Орхон гол, ''Orkhon gol'', Old Chinese: 安侯水 ''(*arhoushui)'') is a river in Mongolia.
The Orkhon river derives its name from the Old Turkic prefix "or" meaning "middle", and "khan" or king.
It rises in ...
, which it meets in
Ögii Nuur sum, opposite to the namesake
Ögii Lake.
Tamir = strength, vigor
References
Rivers of Mongolia
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