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Eg River
The Egiin Gol () is a river in the Khövsgöl and Bulgan aimags in northern Mongolia. It is the only outflow of Lake Khövsgöl and a left tributary of the Selenge river. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Wooden bridges exist near Khatgal and in Tünel sum, and a concrete bridge has been built in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khatgal, Khövsgöl
Khatgal (, ) is a village in Mongolia on the southern tip of Lake Khövsgöl. It has an airstrip, a small port, a school, and a post office. There is a wooden bridge nearby over the Eg River. History Khatgal was founded in 1727 as a camp of the Mongolian watch post system. By 1910, a small settlement had formed, mainly through trade with Russia. In 1914 a telegraph connection was established from the Russian border town of Mondy to Uliastai via Khatgal, and in 1921, about 150 Russian settlers lived in Khatgal. In the same year, Khatgal became an administrative center in the region. In 1931 it became the center of the newly established Khövsgöl Province, but shortly afterwards in 1933 the administration moved to Mörön. The town had about 7000 inhabitants and a power plant in 1990, but the dry-up of transport routes and the closure of a local wool factory have led to high migration rates, leaving only 3,756 inhabitants in 1994 and 2,498 inhabitants in the 2000 census. The l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Encyclopedia'' in an updated and revised form. The GSE claimed to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins The idea of the ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' emerged in 1923 on the initiative of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which included Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press, Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was agreed to in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky, People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Mongolia
This is a list of notable rivers of Mongolia, arranged geographically by river basin. The Mongolian words for river are () and (), with the latter usually used for larger rivers. The Mongolian names also occasionally have a genitive construction, with the name of the river having the suffix () or (). For example, the Ider River's Mongolian name is (), equivalent to saying "the river of Ider". Longest rivers # Orkhon River - # Kherlen River - # Tuul River - # Zavkhan River - # Selenge River - # Hovd River - # Eg Riverпп - # Ider River - # Delgermörön - Flowing into the Arctic Ocean *''Yenisei River (Russia)'' **''Angara River (Russia)'', flowing out of Lake Baikal *** Selenge River ( in Sükhbaatar) flowing into Lake Baikal **** Chikoy River ***** Menza River *****Katantsa River ****''Dzhida River (Russia)'' ***** Zelter River (, Bulgan/ Selenge/Russia) **** Orkhon River (, Arkhangai/ Övörkhangai/ Bulgan/ Selenge) ***** Tuul River (, Khe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khutag-Öndör
Khutag-Öndör () is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia. In 2009, its population was 4,591. Geography The district has a total area of 5,100 km2. Climate Khutag-Öndör has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwb'') with warm summers and severely cold winters. Most precipitation falls in the summer as rain, with some snow in the adjacent months of May and September. Winters are very dry. Administrative divisions The district is divided into five bags A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal s ..., which are: * Khantai * Khongor * Khutag * Teel * Unit References External links {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teshig
Teshig () is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia. In 2009, its population was 3,514. Geography The district has a total area of 7,719 km2. Administrative divisions The district is divided into five bags A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form of a floppy container, typically made of cloth, leather, bamboo, paper, or plastic. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal s ..., which are: * Dalan * Eren * Jargalant * Khargal * Khujirt References {{Mongolia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erdenebulgan, Khövsgöl
Erdenebulgan () is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is about 4,960 km². In 2000, the sum had 2739 inhabitants. The center, officially named ''Eg-Üür'' (), is situated on the banks of the Egiin gol. History The Erdenebulgan sum was founded, together with the whole Khövsgöl aimag, in 1931. In 1933, it had about 2,600 inhabitants in 792 households, and about 41,000 heads of livestock. In 1956, it was joined with Tsagaan-Üür. In 1959, the Eg-Üür farm was founded, and Erdenebulgan became separate again. In 1975, the sum was dissolved once more, the state farm became part of another farm, but both the sum and the farm were reestablished in 1985. The state farm split up into several smaller firms in the mid-1990s. In the 1920s, a small Danish group led by Carl Krebs, and with Henning Haslund-Christensen among its members, tried to build up a permanent farming settlement about five kilometers from today's sum center. By 1929, all but Carl Krebs had left the place b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sums Of Mongolia
A district or sum (; ) is a second-level administrative subdivision of Mongolia. The 21 provinces of Mongolia are divided into 330 sums. On average, each district administers a territory of with about 5,000 inhabitants, primarily nomadic herders. Its total revenue is 120 million Tögrög, 90% of which comes from national subsidies. Each district is again subdivided into ''bags'' (brigades; sometimes spelled ''baghs''Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 46). Most bags are of an entirely virtual nature. Their purpose is to sort the families of nomads in the district into groups, without a permanent human settlement. Officially, and occasionally on maps, many district seats (''sum'' centers) bear a name different from that of the district. However, in practice the district seat (sum center) is most often referred to under the name of the district, to the point of the official name of the district seat (sum center) being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tünel, Khövsgöl
Tünel () is a sum of Khövsgöl aimag. The area is 3,580 km2, of which about one third is forest. In 2000, Tünel had a population of 4,556 people, including some Khotgoid. The sum center, officially named ''Bulag'' (), is located 46 km north-east of Mörön and 667 km from Ulaanbaatar. History The Tünel sum was founded in 1952 from parts of the Büren, Tosontsengel, Erdenebulgan, and Alag-Erdene sums. In 1956, it became part of Bürentogtokh sum, but was separated again in 1959. In 1938, a "Khar Usny Jingiin" negdel was founded in this area, some other small negdels named "Altan Taria", "Khödölmör", "Egiin Dolgio" etc. followed and were joined to form the "Yalalt" negdel in 1956. Administrative divisions The district is divided into six bags, which are: * Altgana * Bayan-Erkhet * Biij * Bulag * Navchiltai * Zunii gol Economy In 2004, there were about 101,000 heads of livestock, among them 50,000 goats, 34,000 sheep, 10,600 cattle and yaks, 6,600 ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Mongolia
__NOTOC__ Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimags () and one provincial municipality. Each aimag is subdivided into several Districts of Mongolia, districts.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 46 The modern provinces have been established since 1921. The capital, Ulaanbaatar, is governed as an independent provincial municipality separate from Töv Province, inside which it is situated. List of provinces See also *ISO 3166-2:MN, ISO 3166-2 codes for Mongolia *Lists of political and geographic subdivisions by total area *List of Mongolian provinces by GDP References External links Provinces of Mongolia at statoids.com {{Authority control Provinces of Mongolia, Subdivisions of Mongolia Lists of administrative divisions, Mongolia, Provinces Administrative divisions in Asia, Mongolia 1 First-level administrative divisions by country, Provinces, Mongolia Mongolia geography-related lists cs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated sovereign state. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border an Endorheic basin, inland sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and List of cities in Mongolia, largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population. The territory of modern-day Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the First Turkic Khaganate, the Second Turkic Khaganate, the Uyghur Khaganate and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest List of largest empires, contiguous land empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarvagatai River
Tarvagatai River () is a river in the Teshig sum of Bulgan aimag in Mongolia. It starts about 30 km north of the sum center of Selenge sum in the Angarkhai mountain range, and discharges into the Egiin Gol ca 55 km west of that. See also *List of rivers of Mongolia This is a list of notable rivers of Mongolia, arranged geographically by river basin. The Mongolian words for river are () and (), with the latter usually used for larger rivers. The Mongolian names also occasionally have a genitive constr ... References Bulgan Province Rivers of Mongolia {{Mongolia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Üür River
The Üür River () is a river in the Khövsgöl aimag of northern Mongolia. It starts in about 30 km from the Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...n border in Tsagaan-Üür sum, from the confluence of the ''Old Üür'' () and the ''Young Üür'' (). The river is a tributary of the Egiin Gol, which it meets in the Erdenebulgan sum. See also * List of rivers of Mongolia Referenceswww.medeelel.mn(in Mongolian) Geography of Khövsgöl Province Rivers of Mongolia {{Mongolia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
