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(Redirected from Ideriin River) River in Mongolia

Ider River
Ider gol
Ider River near Jargalant, Khövsgöl
EtymologyMongolian: Ider, "young, youthful")
Native nameИдэр гол (Mongolian)
Location
CountryMongolia
AimagsZavkhan, Khövsgöl
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKhangai Mountains
 • coordinates47°54′47″N 97°57′1″E / 47.91306°N 97.95028°E / 47.91306; 97.95028 (approximately)
 • elevation2850 m (approximately)
MouthSelenge
 • locationOlon golyn bilchir
 • coordinates49°15′40″N 100°40′45″E / 49.26111°N 100.67917°E / 49.26111; 100.67917
Length452 km (281 mi)
Basin size24,555 km (9,481 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average57 m/s (2,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionSelengaLake BaikalAngaraYeniseyKara Sea
Tributaries 
 • rightChuluut River

The Ider River (Mongolian: Идэр гол, Ider gol, or Идэрийн гол, Ideriyn gol, "Young River") is a river in the Khövsgöl and Zavkhan aimags in northwestern Mongolia and is, together with the Delger mörön river, one of the sources of the Selenga river. It is 452 kilometres (281 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 24,600 square kilometres (9,500 sq mi). The source is in the Khangai range, the confluence with the Delgermörön is in Tömörbulag. The river is frozen 170–180 nights per year. There is a wooden bridge, which was built in 1940, near Jargalant and a concrete bridge in Galt.

Wooden bridge near Jargalant.

See also

References

  1. Идэр, Great Soviet Encyclopedia


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