Orkhon River

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The Orkhon River is a major river in north-central Mongolia, historically significant as a cradle of early Turkic and Mongol civilizations and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Orkhon River canonical 15
Orkhon River basin 1
Orkhon River headwaters 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Göktürk Khaganate ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ
Orkhon inscriptions ⓘ
Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ
contains Orkhon inscriptions ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coordinateRegion approximately 100–104 degrees east longitude ⓘ
approximately 47–49 degrees north latitude ⓘ
country Mongolia ⓘ
culturalSignificance cradle of nomadic steppe empires ⓘ
sacred landscape in Mongolian tradition ⓘ
drainageBasin Lake Baikal basin via Selenge River ⓘ
ecosystemType steppe river ecosystem ⓘ
flowsInto Selenge River ⓘ
flowsThrough Orkhon Valley ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor Mongol Empire ⓘ
early Turkic civilizations ⓘ
historicalRegion Orkhon Valley ⓘ
languageOfName Mongolian ⓘ
length approximately 1124 km ⓘ
locatedIn north-central Mongolia ⓘ
mouth Selenge River ⓘ
near Karakorum ⓘ
Kharkhorin ⓘ
notableFeature Ulaan Tsutgalan waterfall ⓘ
partOf Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape ⓘ
region Arkhangai Province ⓘ
Bulgan Province ⓘ
Övörkhangai Province ⓘ
riverSystem Selenge River basin ⓘ
sourceCountry Mongolia ⓘ
sourceRegion Khangai Mountains ⓘ
tributary Kharaa River ⓘ
Tamir River ⓘ
Tuul River ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2004 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory cultural landscape ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
transport in historical periods ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Mongolian Plateau → drainedBy → Orkhon River ⓘ
Tuul River → mouth → Orkhon River ⓘ
Selenga River → tributary → Orkhon River ⓘ
Selenga River → hasWatershedSharedWith → Orkhon River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orkhon River
Karakorum → locatedOnRiver → Orkhon River ⓘ
Central Mongolia → hasMajorRiver → Orkhon River ⓘ
Ordu-Baliq → locatedOnRiver → Orkhon River ⓘ
Khar Balgas → locatedOnRiver → Orkhon River ⓘ
Orkhon Valley → locatedOnRiver → Orkhon River ⓘ
Khangai Mountains → drainsInto → Orkhon River ⓘ
Northern Mongolia → contains → Orkhon River headwaters ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Mongolia
linked to: Orkhon River
Selenge River basin → hasTributary → Orkhon River ⓘ
Tuul gol → mouth → Orkhon River ⓘ
Tuul gol → tributaryOf → Orkhon River ⓘ
Bulgan Province → traversedByRiver → Orkhon River ⓘ
Selenge River → hasTributary → Orkhon River ⓘ