The Egiin Gol ( mn, Эгийн гол) is a river in the Khövsgöl and Bulgan aimags in northern

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. It is the only outflow of

Lake Khövsgöl Lake Khövsgöl is the largest freshwater lake in Mongolia by volume and second largest by area. It is located near the northern border of Mongolia, about 200 km (124 mi) west of the southern end of Lake Baikal. It is nicknamed the "Younger si ...

and a left tributary of the Selenge river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Эгин-Гол

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Wooden bridges exist near Khatgal and in

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sum, and a concrete bridge has been built in Erdenebulgan. In Bulgan aimag there is a bridge between Teshig and Khutag-Öndör sums. Since the early 1990s there have been efforts to build a hydroelectric dam on this river. These attempts, however, have been opposed by several academic communities: archaeology because of the rich and not yet fully explored archaeological sites in area; geology because the area may have earthquakes. A dam would also displace parts of the local population as it floods some pastures and homesteads.

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Rivers of Mongolia Khövsgöl Province {{Mongolia-river-stub

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