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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, ...
. The Mongolian words for river are ''gol'' (') and ''mörön'' ('), with the latter usually used for larger rivers. The Mongolian names also occasionally have a
genitive construction In grammar, a genitive construction or genitival construction is a type of grammatical construction used to express a relation between two nouns such as the possession of one by another (e.g. "John's jacket"), or some other type of connection ...
, with the name of the river having the suffix ''-iin'' (') or ''-yn'' ('). For example,
Ider River , "young, youthful") , image = IderiinGol.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = Ider River near Jargalant, Khövsgöl , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = ...
is ''Ideriin Gol'' (), having the meaning "River of Ider".


Longest rivers

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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 ...
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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 Prote ...
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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. T ...
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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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Ider River , "young, youthful") , image = IderiinGol.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = Ider River near Jargalant, Khövsgöl , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
( in Sükhbaatar) flowing into Lake Baikal ****
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 ...
***** Menza River *****Katantsa River ****''Dzhida River (Russia)'' *****
Zelter River The Zelter River or Zheltura ( mn, Зэлтэрийн гол, ; russian: Желтура́) is a river in northern Mongolia and Russia. It starts in Selenge sum of Bulgan aimag at the confluence of smaller rivers, and runs in a north-eastern dir ...
(, Bulgan/ Selenge/
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
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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 ...
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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 Moun ...
/ Övörkhangai/ Bulgan/ Selenge) *****
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 ...
(, Khentii/ Töv/ Bulgan/ Selenge) ***** Tamir River (,
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 Moun ...
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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 ...
(, Töv/ Selenge/
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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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 .< ...
(, Khövsgöl/ Bulgan) ***** Üür River (, Khövsgöl) ****** Uilgan River (, Khövsgöl) ****** Arigiin River (, Khövsgöl) ***** Tarvagatai River (, Bulgan) ****
Khanui River Khanui River () is a river flowing down through the valleys of the Khangai Mountains in central Mongolia. It starts in the Chuluut sum of Arkhangai aimag at the north slopes of the Khan-Öndör mountain. It passes next to the center of Erdenema ...
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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 Moun ...
/ Bulgan) ****
Ider River , "young, youthful") , image = IderiinGol.JPG , image_size = , image_caption = Ider River near Jargalant, Khövsgöl , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = ...
(, Khövsgöl) ***** Chuluut River (,
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 Moun ...
/ Khövsgöl) ******
Suman River The Suman gol ( mn, Суман гол) is a river in Arkhangai. It springs from the Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur and is a tributary of the Chuluut River Chuluut River ( mn, Чулуут гол, ''stony river'') is a river flowing through the valleys ...
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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 Moun ...
) **** Delgermörön (, Khövsgöl) ***** Beltes River (, Khövsgöl) ***** Bügsiin River (, Khövsgöl) **''Lesser Yenisei (Russia)'' *** Kyzyl-Khem () **** Büsein River **** Shishged River (, Khövsgöl) *****
Sharga River Sharga River ( mn, Шарга гол) is a river in Khövsgöl aimag of northern Mongolia. It runs through the eastern part of "East Taiga", the north eastern extension of the Darkhad valley. The river starts as a confluence of several smaller r ...
(, Khövsgöl) ***** Tengis River (, 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 ...

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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 Prote ...
(Хэрлэн гол)


Ulaan Lake

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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 Arvaik ...


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 ...

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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 ...
, forming the drainage of the Uvs Lake Basin * Kharkhiraa River *Sangil gol *
Turuun River The Turuun River is a river of western Mongolia. It flows through the sum of Baruunturuun in Uvs Province Uvs (; mn, Увс аймаг, Uws aimag, ; xal, Увс әәмг, Uws äämg, ), is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is l ...
*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 ** 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 depth ...

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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. T ...


Dörgön Lake

*Teeliin gol, flowing out of Khar Lake **Chono Kharaikh gol, draining into Khar Lake


Ulungur Lake

*Bulgan River ( Ulungur River) {{Asia topic, List of rivers of


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Rivers of Mongolia (Mongolian)
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 ...
Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...