Zavkhan River

Zavkhan River
Native name	Завхан гол (Mongolian)
Location
Country	Mongolia
Aimags	Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
Physical characteristics
Source	Buyant River
• location	Khangai Mountains
2nd source	Shar-Us River
Mouth	Khyargas Lake in Great Lakes Depression
• location	Khyargas, Uvs, Mongolia
Length	670 km (420 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Shurga River

Zavkhan River (Mongolian: Завхан гол, romanized: Zawhan gol, pronounced [ˈt͡saw̜χəɴ ɢɔɮ]) is a river in Mongolia. It flows from Khangai Mountains to Lake Khyargas, and has a draining area of over 77,840 square kilometres (30,055 square miles). The river forms most of the border between the Govi-Altai and Zavkhan aimags. The length of the river is 670 kilometres (420 mi).[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Mongolia

References

1. Zavkhan info Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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