Kherlen River

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The Kherlen River is a major river in eastern Mongolia that flows from the Khentii Mountains across the steppe toward China, supporting several towns and agricultural areas along its course.

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Label Occurrences
Kherlen River canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Great Khans period of Mongol Empire ⓘ
linked to: Mongol conquests
basinSize approximately 116000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 44800 square miles ⓘ
climate continental ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
dischargeLocation Hulun Lake ⓘ
drainageBasin endoreic basin of Hulun Lake ⓘ
ecosystemType temperate grassland river ⓘ
flowsDirection generally eastward ⓘ
flowsThrough Dornod Province ⓘ
linked to: Dornod

Inner Mongolia ⓘ
Khentii Province ⓘ
Töv Province ⓘ
steppe ⓘ
freezeThawCycle freezes in winter ⓘ
hasLocalName Kherlen Gol ⓘ
hasTributary Onon River (via basin connection) ⓘ
linked to: Onon River

Tsenkher River ⓘ
historicalRegion Mongol heartland ⓘ
languageOfName Mongolian ⓘ
length approximately 1250 km ⓘ
approximately 777 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Inner Mongolia ⓘ
eastern Mongolia ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Choibalsan ⓘ
Ondorkhaan ⓘ
mouthCountry China ⓘ
mouthLocation Hulun Lake ⓘ
Hulunbuir ⓘ
near Burkhan Khaldun ⓘ
partOf Amur River basin ⓘ
Hulun Lake–Amur–Pacific hydrological system ⓘ
primaryWaterSource rainfall ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
sourceElevation about 2100 meters ⓘ
about 6900 feet ⓘ
sourceLocation Kentiyn Nuruu ⓘ
Khentii Mountains ⓘ
supports agricultural areas ⓘ
towns ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
transport locally ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Öndörkhaan → locatedOnRiver → Kherlen River ⓘ
subject linked to: Öndörkhaan, Mongolia
Chinggis City → locatedOnRiver → Kherlen River ⓘ
subject linked to: Öndörkhaan, Mongolia
Hulun Lake → inflow → Kherlen River ⓘ
Mongolian Plateau → drainedBy → Kherlen River ⓘ
Khentii Province → contains → Kherlen River ⓘ
Khentii Mountains → locatedNear → Kherlen River ⓘ
Khentii Mountains → formsWatershedFor → Kherlen River ⓘ